The Malady of UNESCO's Archive
This paper offers a critical examination of UNESCO's cultural heritage conven-tions 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 int...
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Linköping University Electronic Press
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| description | This paper offers a critical examination of UNESCO's cultural heritage conven-tions 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4340812711974bb0afe7aeeb57ff53042022-12-21T23:33:15ZengLinköping University Electronic PressCulture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research2000-15252014-10-01651015102410.3384/cu.2000.1525.1461015The Malady of UNESCO's ArchivePeter JacksonThis paper offers a critical examination of UNESCO's cultural heritage conven-tions 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.1461015ultural heritageEugenicsJulian HuxleyTranshumanismUNESCOVoyager spacecrafts |
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| title | 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 |
| title_short | The Malady of UNESCO's Archive |
| title_sort | malady of unesco s archive |
| topic | ultural heritage Eugenics Julian Huxley Transhumanism UNESCO Voyager spacecrafts |
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