A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues

Peter Hughes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2022
Aurum (Verlag)
978-0-7112-6613-1 (ISBN)

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Why is it easy to hate and difficult to love? When societies fracture into warring tribes, we demonise those who oppose us. We tear down our statues, forgetting that what begins with the destruction of statues, often leads to the killing of people. Blending history, philosophy and psychology, A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues is a compelling exploration of identity and power. This remarkable book spans every continent, religion and era, through the creation and destruction of 21 statues from Hatshepsut and the Buddhas of Bamiyan to Mendelssohn, Edward Colston and Frederick Douglass.

The 21 statues are Hatshepsut (Ancient Egypt), Nero (Suffolk, UK), Athena (Syria), Buddhas of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), Hecate (Constantinople), Our Lady of Caversham (near Reading, UK), Huitzilopochtli (Mexico), Confucius (China), Louis XV (France), Mendelssohn (Germany), The Confederate Monument (US), Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada), Christopher Columbus (Venezuela), Edward Colston (Bristol, UK), Cecil Rhodes (South Africa), George Washington (US), Stalin (Hungary), Yagan (Australia), Saddam Hussein (Iraq), B. R. Ambedkar (India) and Frederick Douglass (US).

Dr. Peter Hughes is a philosopher and psychologist with expertise in how individuals succumb to the madness of crowds. He has a PhD in philosophy and is a member of the British Psychological Society. An experienced broadcaster, he has worked with extremes of human behaviour and his combination of academic expertise and real-world experience give him a unique perspective on the statue wars.

Introduction: Lone and Level Sands
Hatshepsut (Thebes, Egypt)
Nero (Colchester, UK)
Athena (Palmyra, Syria)
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Bamiyan, Afghanistan)
Hecate (Constantinople, Byzantine Empire)
Our Lady of Caversham (Caversham, UK)
Huitzilopochtli (Tenochtitlan, Mexico)
Confucius (Qufu, China)
Louis XV (Paris, France)
Felix Mendelssohn (Leipzig, Germany)
The Confederate Monument (Portsmouth, Virginia, USA)
Sir John A. Macdonald (Montreal, Canada)
Edward Colston (Bristol, UK)
Christopher Columbus (Caracas, Venezuela)
Cecil Rhodes (Cape Town, South Africa)
George Washington (Portland, Oregon, USA)
Joseph Stalin (Budapest, Hungary)
Yagan (Perth, Australia)
Saddam Hussein (Baghdad, Iraq)
B.R. Ambedkar (Vederanyam, India)
Frederick Douglass (Rochester, New York, USA)
Epilogue: Khaled al-Asaad
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.05.2022
Zusatzinfo	line drawing chapter opener for 21 statues + line drawing for the cover
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7112-6613-1 / 0711266131
ISBN-13	978-0-7112-6613-1 / 9780711266131
Zustand	Neuware