Talking Stones

Talking StonesIf memory was simply about past events, public authorities would never put their ever shrinking budgets at its service. Rather, memory is actually about the present moment, as Pierre Nora puts it: Through the past, we venerate above all ourselves. This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary

as well as cultural considerations

and the feasibility and morality of eugenics

which necessitates a just distribution of resources

Not all of Hong Kong’s heritage cultural landscapes have been so fortunate

Deep History offers a fresh theory of social evolution while thinking grandly about the human condition

In Local Hands is both timeless and timely

Chinese religions

Some evidence of its enduring value can be found in the fact that this is the 7th printing

they engage important

Shows that "risk" is a valuable and pedagogical experience for children on the playground (and for the adults that share that experience with them) in preparation for the precarious world which children find beyond the playground

noted scholars Jaeger and Taylor

an aspiring novelist guides the reader through the streets of Damascus to bookstores