Taking Offense : Religion, Art, and Visual Culture in Plural Configurations

• Tác giả: Anne-Marie Korte, Christiane Kruse, Birgit Meyer
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3846763452
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 111.85 Beauty
• Thông tin xuất bản: Brill | Fink, 2018
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (383 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 183086
• Chủ đề: 1. Religion & beliefs; 2. The arts

Tóm tắt

 What makes an image offensive? - This question is addressed in this volume. It explores tensions and debates about offensive images and performative practices in various settings in and beyond Europe. Its basic premise is that a deeper understanding of what is at stake in these tensions and debates calls for a multidisciplinary conversation. The authors focus on images that appear to trigger strongly negative reactions
  images that are perceived as insulting or offensive
  those subject to taboos and restrictions
  or those that are condemned as blasphemous. In light of recurrent acts of violence leveled against images and symbols in the contemporary, globally entangled world, addressing instances of "icono-clash" (Bruno Latour) from a new post-secular, global perspective has become a matter of urgency.