MUSEUMS MATTER: IN PRAISE OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIC MUSEUM
Book ID/图书代码： 13560012B52890
English Summary/英文概要： The concept of an encyclopedic museum was born of the Enlightenment, a manifestation of society’s growing belief that the spread of knowledge and the promotion of intellectual inquiry were crucial to human development and the future of a rational society. But in recent years, museums have been under attack, with critics arguing that they are little more than relics and promoters of imperialism. Could it be that the encyclopedic museum has outlived its usefulness? With Museums Matter, James Cuno, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago, replies with a resounding “No!” He takes us on a brief tour of the modern museum, from the creation of the British Museum—the archetypal encyclopedic collection—to the present, when major museums host millions of visitors annually and play a major role in the cultural lives of their cities. Along the way, Cuno acknowledges the legitimate questions about the role of museums in nation-building and imperialism, but he argues strenuously that even a truly national museum like the Louvre can’t help but open visitors’ eyes and minds to the wide diversity of world cultures and the stunning art that is our common heritage. Engaging with thinkers such as Edward Said and Martha Nussbaum, and drawing on examples from the politics of India to the destruction of the Bramiyan Buddhas to the history of trade and travel, Cuno makes a case for the encyclopedic museum as a truly cosmopolitan institution, promoting tolerance, understanding, and a shared sense of history—values that are essential in our ever more globalized age.
Powerful, passionate, and to the point, Museums Matter is the product of a lifetime of working in and thinking about museums; no museumgoer should miss it.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 百科全书式的博物馆起源于启蒙运动时期，是对当时社会不断成熟的思潮的展现。知识的传播及获取知识方式的改进，对人类的发展与理性社会的进步是至关重要的。但近年来,博物馆一直受到抨击,批评人士认为他们只是一堆废弃物和帝国主义的倡导者。难道综合类的博物馆已经走向末路了么？
在博物馆记事中，芝加哥艺术学院主任，詹姆斯。库诺，坚定地回答道：“不！”。他带领我们走马观花地参观了下博物馆，从创建大英博物馆时，百科全书式的搜集，到现在，大型博物馆每年都要接待上百万的游客，在城市文化生活中扮演着重要作用。参观的途中，库诺肯定了博物馆在国家建设和帝国主义时期的角色正当性问题，同时，他也认为，一个真正意义上的博物馆，比如罗浮宫，可以开拓游客们的眼界和思想，因为世界文化多样性和令人惊叹的艺术才是我们人类共同的遗产。
与爱德华塞得和玛莎史努鲍姆这样的思想家接触，从印度政治运动，到布拉米亚佛像的损毁，到贸易和旅游的历史，种种例子，库诺让综合类的博物馆成为一个世界性的组织提供了一个很好的理由，在更加全球化的今天，它能增进理解、宽容、共享历史价值感。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“这是一场对库诺称之为百科全书式博物馆‘国际化渴望‘的激烈争论”并不仅是展示来自不同地域和时代的搜集品和艺术，更重要的是，推动文化多元主义。库诺的每一个观点，都聚焦在目前没有得到太多关注的博物馆和考古学上。----休。阿金，纽约书评"An impassioned argument for what Cuno calls the ’cosmopolitan aspirations’ of encyclopedic museums. By this he means not only collecting and showing art from every place and era, but also, and more crucially, the promotion of an essential kind of cultural pluralism.... Whatever one makes of Cuno’s thesis, it brings into focus some urgent questions-for museums and for archaeology-that have yet to be given much attention." -Hugh Eakin, New York Review of Books"
About the Author/作者介绍： 詹姆斯库诺，2004年以来，一直担任芝加哥艺术学院的主任。他曾著书《谁最永久？》、《博物馆和我们古遗物的战争》，还有其他书籍的合作者、合编者。James Cuno has been president and the Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2004. He is the author of Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage and coauthor or coeditor of several other books.
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