{"product_id":"monumental-lies-culture-wars-and-the-truth-about-the-past-9781839761881","title":"Monumental Lies: Culture Wars and the Truth about the Past","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Bevan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Verso\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN URGENT REPORT FROM THE FRONTLINE OF THE CULTURE WARS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow the past is memorialized can have a dangerous influence on the future.\u003ci\u003e Monumental Lies \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the truths buried at contested heritage sites and demands that we safeguard the material evidence of history from both malign defenders and over-enthusiastic erasure. Robert Bevan challenges us to rethink our relationship with our contested spaces, from colonial statues and the physical legacy of fascism, to fake post-conflict reconstructions and ethno-nationalist narratives about beauty and tradition. He questions symbolic power and symbolic changes and explains why wording on a plaque is never a substitute for tackling problem monuments through artistic transformations at scale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2022","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47773344071831,"sku":"9781839761881","price":1688.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781839761881.webp?v=1777978951","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/monumental-lies-culture-wars-and-the-truth-about-the-past-9781839761881","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}