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Controlling the Past, Owning the Future - The Political Uses of Archaeology in the Middle East (Hardcover)
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Controlling the Past, Owning the Future - The Political Uses of Archaeology in the Middle East (Hardcover)
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What are the political uses-and misuses-of archaeology in the
Middle East? In answering this question, the contributors to this
volume lend their regional expertise to a variety of case studies,
including the Taliban's destruction of Buddhas in Afghanistan, the
commercialization of archaeology in Israel, the training of
Egyptian archaeology inspectors, and the debate over Turkish
identity sparked by the film Troy, among other provocative
subjects. Other chapters question the ethical justifications of
archaeology in places that have "alternative engagements with the
material past." In the process, they form various views of the role
of the archaeologist, from steward of the historical record to
agent of social change. The diverse contributions to this volume
share a common framework in which the political use of the past is
viewed as a process of social discourse. According to this model,
political appropriations are seen as acts of social communication
designed to accrue benefits to particular groups. Thus the
contributors pay special attention to competing social visions and
the filters these impose on archaeological data. But they are also
attentive to the potential consequences of their own work. Indeed,
as the editors remind us, "people's lives may be affected,
sometimes dramatically, because of the material remains that
surround them." Rounding out this important volume are critiques by
two top scholars who summarize and synthesize the preceding
chapters.|What are the political uses--and misuses--of archaeology
in the Middle East? The contributors to this volume lend their
regional expertise to a variety of case studies, including the
Taliban's destruction of Buddhas in Afghanistan, the
commercialization of archaeology in Israel, and the debate over
Turkish identity sparked by the film Troy. In the process, they
form various views of the role of the archaeologist, from steward
of the historical record to agent of social change.
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