The Dialectic of Law and Infringement

Not only did the museum function as an ideological bridge between European and Ottoman heritage, under Osman Hamdi it also served as a battleground for possession of the physical elements of that heritage. The antiquities legislation of the Ottoman Empire developed as a dialectic negotiation between...

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Published in:Possessors and Possessed p. 108
Main Author: Shaw, Wendy M. K
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: United States University of California Press 13.05.2003
Edition:1
Subjects:
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Applied sciences
Archaeological excavation
Archaeological methods
Archaeological sites
Archaeology
Area / regional studies
Art museums
Arts
Asian history
Asian studies
Behavioral sciences
Civil engineering
Communications
Construction engineering
Cultural anthropology
cultural commodity
Cultural institutions
Cultural studies
Dialectic
Discourse
Engineering
Ethnography
Ethnology
Excavations
Field archaeology
ideological bridge
infringement
Judicial system
Law
Legal motions
Legal objections
Legal proceedings
legislation
Middle Eastern History
Modern History (1700 to 1945)
Museology
Museum administration
Museums
Museums & museology
Osman Hamdi
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman museums
Plastic arts
Rhetoric
Sculpture
Sculpture in the round
Social and Cultural History
Social sciences
Statues
Trial court proceedings
Visual arts
Western Asian history
ISBN:0520233352, 9780520233355
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Summary:Not only did the museum function as an ideological bridge between European and Ottoman heritage, under Osman Hamdi it also served as a battleground for possession of the physical elements of that heritage. The antiquities legislation of the Ottoman Empire developed as a dialectic negotiation between the writing of the law and a series of subsequent infringements that resulted in more detailed versions in 1884 and 1906. Each successive law not only addressed the deficiencies of its predecessor, it also reflected new values that had become associated with antiquities in the interim. Given the numerous loopholes in the 1874 antiquities
ISBN:0520233352
9780520233355
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520233355.003.0005