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The Parthenon Marbles: The Case for Reunification (Paperback)

by Christopher Hitchens (Author)

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Verso Books; New Upd edition (Mar 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1844672522
ISBN-13: 978-1844672523
Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm

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The opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens in spring 2008 provides the opportunity to re-state the case for the return of the Elgin Marbles to Athens. The British Museum's long-standing objection that there is nowhere in Athens to house the Marbles is answered in emphatic style. Meanwhile, decisions concerning the restitution of cultural artefacts are increasingly recognized as of national importance, and are no longer left solely to curators and museum directors. With new contributions from leading authorities, this new edition of Christopher Hitchens' elegantly argued and characteristically forthright book will make a powerful contribution to ensuring that the Marbles return to their place of origin.

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CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS is a journalist and author of numerous books, including most recently the New York Times No. 1 bestseller God Is Not Great. He lives in Washington DC.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Archaeological loot and the Parthenon Marbles, 1 Oct 2008

By	Ms. A. Venieri "Anastasia" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Hitchens is definitely articulate as ever and I'm sure he is aware of the large number of people who visit the British Museum to see the PARTHENON MARBLES. But we are missing the point here. This a great book about pieces of art violently taken from their place: THE PARTHENON during the Ottoman occupation in Greece. Greeks were not asked,the sultan was. They were not stickers to be peeled off the building of the Parthenon. Giovanni Battista Lusieri, the artist who was appointed to oversee the removal of the artefacts later admitted that he had to be 'a little barbarous' with them (Christofer Hitchens: `The Elgin Marbles: Should they be returned to Greece?', appendix 1). These marbles ARE NOT Elgin's. They are MISSING parts of the PARTHENON and this is where their place is. Let's not justify crimes of art, or 'archaeological loot' (N.Davies in 'Europe: a History', page 741), in the name of cultural, political or archaeological colonialism. If someone wants to see Stonehenge they should visit England but if someone wants to see Parthenon (and its marbles), Athens should be the place.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent arguement., 7 Oct 2004

By	Ryan P. Duffer "23duff" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Elgin Marbles: Should They Be Returned to Greece? (Paperback)

This book outlines a great arguement by the author as to why he feels that the Elgin Marbles (ie The marble statues and carvings that adorned the Parthenon in ancient Athens) should be returned to Greece.

Hitchens sets out his stall from the outset as to why he feels that Elgin's actions were morally wrong. He then goes on to counter every argument laid forth by The British Museum over the years.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of visiting or has recently visited The British Museum in London.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Lose Your Marbles, 30 Jul 2008

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Hitchens is articulate as ever, but you should know (even if he doesn't) that each year the number of people who visit the British Museum AND SEE THE ELGIN MARBLES THERE is far greater than the number of people who visit any part of the whole city of Athens for any reason. That is why the collections of the British Museum, with its great remit to educate and enlighten a vast public free of charge, is a far greater cultural artefact than the Parthenon itself, with or without the Marbles enclosed in a shiny new glass box a mile away. Cast off your post-colonial guilt - keep the Marbles where the most people can see them, and within a priceless context of ancient Greek artefacts and scholarship. They can never be returned to the Parthenon itself so the 'in situ' argument is nonsense. And by the way, the building of the new, empty museum in Athens caused irreparable archaeological damage to the ancient city below. This was a political, not a cultural or archaeological, gesture.

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