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Politică şi patrimoniu ȋn Irak şi Siria: principalele influenţe ale sferei politice, asupra patrimoniului cultural, în secolele XIX-XXI
Politics and heritage in Iraq and Syria: the main influences of the political sphere, upon cultural heritage, between the XIX and XXI centuries
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Abstract Cultural heritage represents an essential component of human identity, and as a part of of the contemporary world, it has both symbolic and economic value. Cultural heritage is finite and non-renewable though, being endangered due to recent conflicts and due to the way it is perceived. This article ... view more
Cultural heritage represents an essential component of human identity, and as a part of of the contemporary world, it has both symbolic and economic value. Cultural heritage is finite and non-renewable though, being endangered due to recent conflicts and due to the way it is perceived. This article analyses how different political regimes have influenced the way Iraqi and Syrian cultural heritage has been perceived, preserved, protected and even destroyed, starting with internal laws, institutions responsible of heritage administration and the people who led them, in the attempt of demonstrating that continuous attempt to impose a cultural unity can have unwanted consequences.... view less
Keywords
Iraq; Syria; national identity; nationalism; islamism; cultural heritage; political regime
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Free Keywords
Baathismus
Document language
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 595-612
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 15 (2015) 4
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works