Können wir uns Denkmäler für „brave bad men“ noch leisten?
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Können wir uns Denkmäler für „brave bad men“ noch leisten?
Der Kampf um öffentliche Monumente in Großbritannien und seine Relevanz für die Rolle der Geschichtswissenschaft in politischen Debatten
Jahrbuch Wissenschaftsfreiheit, Vol. 1(2024), Iss. 1 : pp. 37–61
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Der Autor hatte bis 2021 die Professsur für Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit an der Universität Freiburg inne.
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Can we still afford monuments for "Brave Bad Men"?
The contribution deals with the demand for monument falls in Great Britain. The arguments against older monuments are often tailored to those who are brought up against supposedly intolerable views in the university milieu. It is claimed that relatives of ethnic or other minorities could feel injured by a monument. Therefore, you have to remove these monuments. In addition, there is an attitude in both debates that assumes that a single "evil" symbol can negatively shape the world in which we live. Such a consideration tends to strongly overestimate the effects of monuments from past eras and does not want to admit that monuments were often ambiguous at the time of their construction. This ambiguity of heroization processes and its visual design by statues in public space is demonstrated in the article on a concrete historical figure, to Oliver Cromwell, the general, "royal killer" and Lord Protector.
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald G. Asch: Können wir uns Denkmäler für „brave bad men“ noch leisten? Der Kampf um öffentliche Monumente in Großbritannien und seine Relevanz für die Rolle der Geschichtswissenschaft in politischen Debatten | 37 | ||
| I. | 37 | ||
| II. | 41 | ||
| III. | 44 | ||
| IV. | 50 | ||
| VI. | 54 |