This is a well made argument for the importance of conservation. The author also refers to AKTC’s publication and Algerian academic Mohammad Arkoun’s viewpoints.
By Ahmad Rafay Alam
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In an article published by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Algerian academic Mohammad Arkoun traces the origins of cultural rehabilitation, restoration and conservation to the 16th Century humanist movement in Western Europe. This sought to look back to the Greek and Roman cultures and traditions and, by treating them as ideal, replicating them, learning from them and conserving the architecture, urban planning, philosophy, law and sciences of those periods. From this ethic grew a sense of conservation.
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Could it be that the Wahhabism creeping into Pakistani culture is also partly responsible for the lack of a conservation ethic? It is extremely possible, as we have been known to import Wahhabi practices wholesale.
Ismailimail 