The Malady of UNESCO’s Archive

The Malady of UNESCO’s Archive

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This paper offers a critical examination of UNESCO’s cultural heritage conventions with special regard to the declared transhumanism of the organization’s first director-general, Sir Julian Huxley. While Huxley’s advocation of eugenics is a well-established fact, this part of his intellectual herit...

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Main Author: Peter Jackson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2014-10-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
Subjects:
ultural heritage
Eugenics
Julian Huxley
Transhumanism
UNESCO
Voyager spacecrafts
Online Access:https://journal.ep.liu.se/test3212/index.php/CU/article/view/2126
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spelling doaj-587712083d2c409683c0c6b24ecb7e322021-03-18T13:32:47ZengLinköping University Electronic PressCulture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research2000-15252014-10-0165The Malady of UNESCO’s ArchivePeter Jackson0History of Religions, Stockholm University, Sweden This paper offers a critical examination of UNESCO’s cultural heritage conventions with special regard to the declared transhumanism of the organization’s first director-general, Sir Julian Huxley. While Huxley’s advocation of eugenics is a well-established fact, this part of his intellectual heritage is usually not considered overtly aligned to his ideas about cultural preservation. On closer consideration, however, improvement and preservation (both cultural and biological) turn out to be closely associated concerns in the field of Huxley’s intellectual vision. https://journal.ep.liu.se/test3212/index.php/CU/article/view/2126ultural heritageEugenicsJulian HuxleyTranshumanismUNESCOVoyager spacecrafts
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The Malady of UNESCO’s Archive
Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
ultural heritage
Eugenics
Julian Huxley
Transhumanism
UNESCO
Voyager spacecrafts
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title The Malady of UNESCO’s Archive
title_short The Malady of UNESCO’s Archive
title_full The Malady of UNESCO’s Archive
title_fullStr The Malady of UNESCO’s Archive
title_full_unstemmed The Malady of UNESCO’s Archive
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publisher Linköping University Electronic Press
series Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
issn 2000-1525
publishDate 2014-10-01
description This paper offers a critical examination of UNESCO’s cultural heritage conventions with special regard to the declared transhumanism of the organization’s first director-general, Sir Julian Huxley. While Huxley’s advocation of eugenics is a well-established fact, this part of his intellectual heritage is usually not considered overtly aligned to his ideas about cultural preservation. On closer consideration, however, improvement and preservation (both cultural and biological) turn out to be closely associated concerns in the field of Huxley’s intellectual vision.
topic ultural heritage
Eugenics
Julian Huxley
Transhumanism
UNESCO
Voyager spacecrafts
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