LEADER 03182cam a22004095i 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20231026150248.0 008 230207s2022 enka b 001 0 eng c 010 2022465098 015 GBC2E1106 |2bnb 016 7 020709991 |2Uk 020 9781839761874 |q(hardcover) 020 1839761873 |q(hardcover) 020 |z9781839761898 |q(UK ebk) 020 |z9781839761904 |q(US ebk) 035 (OCoLC)on1290380637 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dCUY |dDLC 042 pcc 082 302.1/2 100 1 Bevan, Robert |c(Journalist) |eauthor. 245 10 Monumental lies : |bculture wars and the truth about the past / |cRobert Bevan. 260 London ; New York : |bVerso, |c2022. 300 376 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm. 337 unmediated 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 How statues, heritage and the built environment have become the battleground for the culture wars. The past is weaponized in culture wars and cynically edited by those who wish to impose their ideology upon the physical spaces around us. Holocaust deniers use details of the ruins of the gas chambers Auschwitz to promote their lies: 'No Holes; No Holocaust'. Yet long-standing concepts such as 'authenticity' in heritage are undermined and trivialized by gatekeepers such as UNESCO. At the same, time, opposition to this manipulation is being undermined by cultural ideas that prioritise memory and impressions over history and facts.In Monumental Lies, Robert Bevan argues that monuments, architecture and cities are material evidence of history. They are the physical trace of past events, of previous ways of thinking and of politics, economics and values that percolate through to today. When our cities are reshaped as fantasies about the past, when monuments tell lies about who deserves honour or are destroyed and the struggle for justice forgotten, the historical record is being manipulated. When decisions are based on misinformed assumptions about how the built environment influences our behaviour or we are told, falsely, that certain architectural styles are alien to our cities, or when space pretends to be public but is private, or that physical separation is natural, we are being manipulated. There is a growing threat to the material evidence of the truth about history.We are in serious trouble if we can no longer trust the tangible world around us to tell us the truth. Monumental Lies explores the threats to our understanding of the built environment and how it impacts on our lives, as well as offers solutions to how to combat the ideological manipulations. -- 650 0 Monuments |xSocial aspects. 650 0 Cultural property |xPolitical aspects. 650 0 Collective memory. 650 0 Politics and culture. 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6302_100000000000000_2_BEV |70 |8REF |9163333OSA |bOSA |d2023-10-26 |eOSA |l0 |o302.1/2 BEV |r2023-10-26 |w2023-10-26 |yBK |cReference 920 01 yov2b2o7 992 01 302_100000000000000_2_BEV |bWZX_YZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_X_OL4 966 |cIn the Research Room