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To an unprecedented extent, in the wake of the #metoo movement and, some say, due to an exaggerated 'cancel culture' that proliferates online, consumers of art - from literature to film to painting - are eager to dismiss the work of immoral artists. But can we ever separate the art from the artist? In this book, philosopher Erich Hatala Matthes offers insight into this conundrum by arguing that it doesn't matter whether we can separate the art from the artist, because we shouldn't.

AbstractIn discussion surrounding the destruction of cultural heritage in armed conflict, one often hears two important claims in support of intervention to safeguard heritage. The first is that the protection of people and the protection of heritage are two sides of the same coin. The second is that the cultural heritage of any people is part of the common heritage of all humankind. In this article, I examine both of these claims, and consider the extent to which they align with the current practices that they are intended to justify.