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Cultural heritage and mass atrocities

Cultural heritage and mass atrocities
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ISBN 1606068075 (softcover)
9781606068076 (softcover)
Title Cultural heritage and mass atrocities / edited by James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss
Publisher Los Angeles : Getty Publications, 2022
Physical desc. xxviii, 619 pages ; illustrations ; 26 cm.
Note CB illustrations: p. 93, fig. 5.6 (Ar 3315, f. 1r).
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction — James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss -- Part 1: Cultural heritage and values. Introduction: part 1 / James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss -- Who are we? identity and cultural heritage / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Why do we value cultural heritage? / Neil MacGregor -- Cultural heritage under attack: learning from history / Hermann Parzinger -- The cultural heritage of late antiquity / Glen W. Bowersock -- The written heritage of the Muslim world / Sabine Schmidtke -- Valuing the legacy of our cultural heritage / Ismail Serageldin -- Part 2: Cultural heritage under siege: recent cases. Introduction: part 2 / James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss -- Uyghur heritage under China’s 'antireligious extremism' campaigns / Rachel Harris -- When peace is defeat, reconstruction is damage: 'Rebuilding' heritage in post-conflict Sri Lanka and Afghanistan / Kavita Singh -- Performative destruction: Da’esh (ISIS) ideology and the war on heritage in Iraq / Gil J. Stein -- The destruction of Aleppo: the impact of the Syrian war on a world heritage city / Francesco Bandarin -- The lost heritage of Homs: from the destruction of monuments to the destruction of meaning / Marwa al-Sabouni -- Reconstruction, who decides? / Frederick Deknatel -- Yemen’s manuscript culture under attack / Sabine Schmidtke -- Cultural heritage at risk in Mali: the destruction of Timbuktu’s mausoleums of saints / Lazare Eloundou Assomo -- Indigenous threatened heritage in Guatemala / Victor Montejo -- Part 3: Cultural heritage and populations at risk. Introduction: part 3 / James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss -- Cultural cleansing and mass atrocities / Simon Adams -- Choosing between human life and cultural heritage in war / Hugo Slim -- Saving stones and saving lives: a humanitarian perspective on protecting cultural heritage in war / Paul H. Wise -- Engaging nonstate armed groups in the protection of cultural heritage / Jennifer M. Welsh -- After the dust settles: transitional justice and identity in the aftermath of cultural destruction / Philippe Sands and Ashrutha Rai -- Part 4: Cultural heritage and international law. Introduction: part 4 / James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss -- Protecting cultural heritage: the ties between people and places / Patty Gerstenblith -- International humanitarian law and the protection of cultural property / Benjamin Charlier and Tural Mustafayev -- International human rights law and cultural heritage / Marc-André Renold and Alessandro Chechi -- Customs, general principles, and the intentional destruction of cultural property / Francesco Francioni -- Prosecuting heritage destruction / Joseph Powderly -- Fighting terrorist attacks against world heritage and global cultural heritage governance / Sabine von Schorlemer -- Part 5: Cultural heritage and military perspectives. Introduction: part 5 / James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss -- Protecting cultural heritage on the battlefield: the hard case of religion / Ron E. Hassner / From Kyoto to Baghdad to Tehran: leadership, law, and the protection of cultural heritage / Scott D. Sagan -- Practicing the art of war while protecting cultural heritage: a military perspective / Ruth Margolies Beitler and Dexter W. Dugan -- Peace operations and the protection of cultural heritage / Richard Gowan -- Protecting cultural property in armed conflict: the necessity for dialogue and action integrating the heritage, military, and humanitarian sectors / Peter G. Stone -- When peace breaks out: the peril and promise of 'afterwar' / Hugh Eakin -- Conclusion: Toward research, policy, and action agendas / James Cuno and Thomas G. Weiss.
Subject Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar 3315
Cultural property -- Protection
Cultural property -- Protection -- International cooperation
Cultural property -- Destruction and pillage
Historic preservation -- International cooperation
War and civilization
War and society
Added name(s) Cuno, James B. editor
Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George) 1946- editor
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