Things of the Past

Name: Things of the Past
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ISBN: 9781009670890

A Modern Yearning

Kasper Risbjerg Eskildsen (Roskilde University)

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English

Cambridge University Press
27 November 2025

Museums & museology; Historiography; Archaeology by period & region

Series: Elements in Historical Theory and Practice

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This Element explores the yearning for things of the past, from early modern antiquarianism to the contemporary art market. It tells a global story about scholars who, driven by this yearning, roamed the world and amassed many of its historical artefacts. Their motivation was not just pleasure or profit. They longed for a past that had been lost and strived to reconstruct world history anew. This rewriting of history unleashed heated debates, all over the world and raging for centuries. The debates concerned not only the past but also the present and the future. Many believed that, by revealing a strange and foreign past, the material remains opened a path to modernity. So, the Element investigates not only the history of historical scholarship, and its obsession with things, but also our relationship to the past as modern human beings.

By: Kasper Risbjerg Eskildsen (Roskilde University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 271g
ISBN: 9781009670890
ISBN 10: 1009670891
Series: Elements in Historical Theory and Practice
Pages: 90
Publication Date: 27 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active