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UNINA9910781475603321 |
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Titolo |
Idol anxiety [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Josh Ellenbogen and Aaron Tugendhaft |
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Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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EllenbogenJosh |
TugendhaftAaron |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Idols and images - Worship |
Idolatry |
Idols and images in art |
Idolatry in art |
Idols and images in literature |
Idolatry in literature |
Art and religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Editors’ Statement -- Introduction -- 1. What’s Wrong with Images? -- 2. The Christian Critique of Idolatry -- 3. The Painter’s Breath and Concepts of Idol Anxiety -- 4. Idolatry: Nietzsche, Blake, and Poussin -- 5. Dreadful Beauty and the Undoing of Adulation in the Work of Kara Walker and Michael Ray Charles -- 6. Iconoclasm and Real Space -- 7. How Many Ways Can You Idolize a Song? -- 8. Iconoclasm and the Sublime -- 9. What We See and What Appears -- 10. On Heidegger, the Idol, and the Work of the Work of Art -- 11. Beyond Instrumentalism and Voluntarism: Idol Anxiety and the Awakening of a Philosophical Mood -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses idolatry, a contested issue that has given rise to both religious accusations and heated scholarly disputes. Idol Anxiety brings together insightful new statements from scholars in religious studies, art history, philosophy, and musicology to show that idolatry is a concept that can be helpful in |
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