Restoring Culture to Manage the Subjective
Publication date
2019
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van Gerwen, Rob
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Abstract
When we restore some cultural object because history or the weather left its marks on it, or because it was wrecked by some vandal, the major reason for the restoration is the value we attribute to the thing. Paradoxically, restoration is an objective process, but its aim is the preservation of the thing’s subjective appreciation. What does this paradox consist in?
Keywords
authenticity, subjective, aesthetic value, restoration
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van Gerwen, R C H M 2019, 'Restoring Culture to Manage the Subjective', Aesthetic Investigations, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. i-vii. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4084232