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OverviewCrumbled shells of mosques in Iraq, the fall of the World Trade Center towers on 11 September 2009: when architectural totems such as these are destroyed by conflicts and the ravages of war, more than mere buildings are at stake. The Destruction of Memory reveals the extent to which a nation weds itself to its landscape; Robert Bevan argues that such destruction not only shatters a nation's culture and morale but is also a deliberate act of eradicating a culture's memory and, ultimately, existence. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert BevanPublisher: Reaktion Books Imprint: Reaktion Books Edition: 2nd Enlarged edition Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781780235974ISBN 10: 1780235976 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 01 February 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsThe message of Robert Bevan's devastating book is that war is about killing cultures, identities and memories as much as it is about killing people and occupying territory. War is not just licensed murder but licensed vandalism. Since people are replaceable but buildings and cultures not, the destruction of buildings is often the more ferocious. --Simon Jenkins The Sunday Times (UK) (02/26/2005) Author InformationRobert Bevan is a journalist, author and heritage-led regeneration consultant. He is an architecture critic for national newspapers in the UK and writes for publications internationally. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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