Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins, Monuments, and Memorials

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Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Introduction Part 1 Honoring and Mourning 1 Life and Death in Rock: A Meditation on Stone Memorials 2 How Memorials Speak to Us 3 How Memorials Mean, or How to Do Things With Stones 4 The Proper Object of Emotion: Memorial Art, Grief, Remembrance 5 Churches as Memory Machines 6 More Than Bare Bones: The Artistry and Ethics of Ossuaries Part 2 Ruins Past and Present 7 The Values of Ruins and Depictions of Ruins 8 On the Road to Ruin: Anticipating and Appreciating the Natural Degradation of Human Constructions 9 Ruins and Sham Ruins as Architectural Objects 10 Rust Belt Ruins 11 Neo-picturesque 12 Layers in London: How Buildings Remember 13 From Haunted Ruin to Touristified City: An Aesthetic History of Venice 14 The (Future of the) Ruins in the United Arab Emirates 15 Environmental Heritage and the Ruins of the Future Part 3 Conflict, Destruction, and the Aftermath 16 The Reconstruction of Damaged or Destroyed Heritage 17 Reflections on the Atomic Bomb Ruins in Hiroshima 18 Bamiyan’s Echo: Sounding Out the Emptiness 19 The Ruins of War 20 Respect, Responsibility, and Ruins 21 The Physical Legacy of a Troubled Past 22 For the Union Dead: Memorial Hall at Harvard University and the Exclusion of the Confederate Fallen 23 Ruins and Debris: Cultural Heritage Practice, Resource Management, and Archaeology Notes on Editors and Contributors Index