Culture The surprising connections and influences between civilisations. 'Genius' - William Dalrymple
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'A writer of genius' - William Dalrymple
Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing.
It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth century Nigerian theatre and Modernist poetry, Martin Puchner explores how contact between different peoples has driven artistic innovation in every era - whilst cultural policing and purism have more often undermined the very societies they tried to protect.
Travelling through Classical Greece, Ashoka's India, Tang dynasty China, and many other epochs, this triumphal new history reveals the crossing points which have not only inspired the humanities, but which have made us human.
Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing.
It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth century Nigerian theatre and Modernist poetry, Martin Puchner explores how contact between different peoples has driven artistic innovation in every era - whilst cultural policing and purism have more often undermined the very societies they tried to protect.
Travelling through Classical Greece, Ashoka's India, Tang dynasty China, and many other epochs, this triumphal new history reveals the crossing points which have not only inspired the humanities, but which have made us human.
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From the Chauvet cave to K-pop.
Culture – the common heritage of humanity. How did culture evolve, how is it transformed and passed on to the generations to come? Martin Puchners book is a manifesto for cultural diversity, seeing it as a huge recycling project, in the best sense of the word. Encounters with foreign cultures or cultures of the distant past can lead to new cultural forms and innovations. No society, no nation can actually own culture, it is all about sharing, transforming and adapting. An important topic today is cultural appropriation, this is a point the author only mentions incidentally. Nevertheless, this book is great to read, very informative. (See also: Puchner, The Written World)
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