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CUESTIONES POLÍTICAS
Vol. 39 Nº 69 (Julio - Diciembre 2021): 666-677
• Culture
In a comprehensive denition, culture is a collection of human creations
and ideas created by man and his separation from nature and the means
of his superiority over other creatures. Thus, culture includes all material
tools and what is made by man from natural matter, Methods and processes
of their construction (material culture) All values, views and beliefs,
ideas, knowledge, techniques, religion, customs and traditions, science,
philosophy, literature, art and all the mental products of man (spiritual
culture). In other words, culture includes the material and spiritual
elements of social life in which human beings are born and raised in this
way, something called cultural identity is given to the individual or human
group; This identity provides the means of distinguishing man from other
races and tribes. (Ünver, 2016).
Historical and cultural property is a mirror of a nation’s past. These works,
especially the works of distant eras that lacked the traditional means of transmitting
culture and message, such as books and calligraphy, are considered to be the
revealing document of the life of that time. “And perhaps a seemingly worthless
broken pottery, or a dying inscription, ignites a corner of the social behavior or
science and civilization of its predecessors (Schmallegger and Carson, 2010: 59).
Human societies today are faced with the term cultural security; the
protection of individual culture and society from any attack and threat is
called cultural security. In other words, cultural security includes creating
a safe, calm, and free from any threat that human beings have prepared
to religion and thoughts, ethics, customs, beliefs and values, cultural
heritage, literary works, and so on. Due to the role and position of culture
in human identity and existence and the development of human societies,
and also because of the widespread and eective inuence of culture on all
aspects of human life, both individual and collective, material and spiritual,
spiritual and physical, as well as the impact that cultural issues have on
other sectors providing cultural security is more sensitive. Accordingly,
cultural promotion increases social security and, consequently, economic
and political security, Therefore, the rst step in ensuring the security of
individuals is to ensure cultural and psychological security (Hawkins &
Mann. 2007).
2. Cultural heritage in domestic and international law
At rst glance, cultural heritage means all the works that have been
passed down from generation to generation. In this denition, cultural
heritage refers to the material works leftover from the past, and in fact,
includes only tangible and objective works. In addition, it is limited to
historical monuments, while we also have an intangible part, such as beliefs,
traditions, local languages and dialects, and religious traditions and rituals.