There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for…

Umberto Eco
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There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated in full-scale authentic copy; a philosophy of immortality as duplication. It dominates the relation with the self, with the past, not infrequently with the present, always with History and, even, with the European tradition. ✨ Umberto Eco (1986). Faith in Fakes: Essays, Harvill Secker
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