Das Museum als Provokation der Philosophie

Museums and the subject of "museum" are trendy. Yet exactly what functions do museums have in the current globalized culture and how do they contribute to the historical memory and cultural identity? How do the tasks of museums, i.e. collecting, showing, keeping and entertaining, relate to each other? And are there ethical limits to what to collect and put on display? The contributions included in this book focus on these and other current issues of museum philosophy that are only marginally addressed by the established museological theory as well as by the "new museology".