• Olivia Joseph

Monument reveals the cultural memory of a society. It recollects the spirit of the people in a nation. The multiple meanings derived from the modern monuments determine the rejection of the ‘aura’ of monumentality of a monument. The modern monuments are determined on the basis of age value, historical value and intentional value where the ‘intention’ occupies the central position. The term ‘monument’ does not restrict itself to buildings that commemorate events. It is further extended to the collective memory of people in written or non-verbal forms. According to Lewis Mumford, “If it is a monument it is not modern, and if it is modern, it cannot be a monument”. The present-day monuments are based on the historical and aesthetic background of the present time. Therefore it provides ample opportunities for the reader to derive multiple meaning from the monuments. This paper looks upon the changing dimensions in the modern monuments and the politics intended behind it. The politics of a monument, its power relations and the inherent meanings of violence and non-violence act as a part of the construction of a social and collective memory. The modernity welcomes the monument which refuses the monumentality of that monument but stands as a towering object to promote the politics behind it.

Monument, Monumentality, Collective Memory, Intentional Value.

"The Politics of Modern Monuments and its Rejection of Monumentality.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.8-10, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907H03.pdf

"The Politics of Modern Monuments and its Rejection of Monumentality.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp8-10, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907H03.pdf