Aisha's cushion : religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / / Jamal J. Elias

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960278903321
• Autore: Elias Jamal J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 9780674070660; 0674070666; 9780674067394; 0674067398
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Disciplina: 709.1767
• Soggetti: Islam and art; Arts - Islamic countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface on Abbreviations and Conventions -- Prologue: The Promise of a Meaningful Image -- 1 Representation, Resemblance, and Religion -- 2 The Icon and the Idol -- 3 Iconoclasm, Iconophobia, and Islam -- 4 Idols, Icons, and Images in Islam -- 5 Beauty, Goodness, and Wonder -- 6 Alchemy, Appearance, and Essence -- 7 Dreams, Visions, and the Imagination -- 8 Sufism and the Metaphysics of Resemblance -- 9 Words, Pictures, and Signs -- 10 Legibility, Iconicity, and Monumental Writing -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Media coverage of the Danish cartoon crisis and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan left Westerners with a strong impression that Islam does not countenance depiction of religious imagery. Jamal J. Elias corrects this view by revealing the complexity of Islamic attitudes toward representational religious art. Aisha's Cushion emphasizes Islam's perceptual and intellectual modes and in so doing offers the reader both insight into Islamic visual culture and a unique way of seeing the world. Aisha's Cushion evaluates the controversies surrounding blasphemy and iconoclasm by exploring Islamic societies at the time of Muhammad and the birth of Islam; during early contact ; between Arab Muslims and Byzantine Christians; in medieval Anatolia and India; and in modern times. Elias's inquiry then goes further, to situate Islamic religious art in a global context. His comparisons with Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindu attitudes toward religious art show them to be as contradictory as those of Islam. Contemporary theories about art's place in society inform Elias's investigation of how religious objects have been understood across time and in different cultures. Elias contends that Islamic perspectives on representation and perception should be sought not only in theological writings or aesthetic treatises but in a range of Islamic works in areas as diverse as optics, alchemy, dreaming, calligraphy, literature, vehicle and home decoration, and Sufi metaphysics. Unearthing shades of meaning in Islamic thought throughout history, Elias offers fresh insight into the relations among religion, art, and perception across a broad range of cultures.

Neoliberal thought and Thatcherism : 'a transition from here to there?' / / Robert Ledger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910959888503321
• Autore: Ledger Robert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2018
• ISBN: 0-367-34941-8; 1-351-98764-X; 1-351-98765-8
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 pages)
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Modern British History ; ; 21
• Disciplina: 324.217
• Soggetti: Neoliberalism - Great Britain - 21st century; Conservatism - Great Britain - 21st century; Great Britain Politics and government 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Neoliberal thought -- chapter 2 Neoliberal ideas in Britain after 1945 -- chapter 3 Economic policy and ; the Thatcher government -- chapter 4 Liberalization? Exchange controls and enterprise zones -- chapter 5 Financial deregulation -- chapter 6 Trade union reform -- chapter 7 Electricity privatization -- chapter 8 Broadcasting policy -- chapter 9 Social policy: education vouchers and housing.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The premiership of Margaret Thatcher has been portrayed as uniquely ideological in its pursuit of a more market-based economy. A body of literature has been built on how a sharp turn to the right by the Conservative Party during the 1980s - inspired by the likes of Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek - acted as one of the key stepping-stones to the turbo-charged capitalism and globalization of our modern world. But how 'neoliberal' was Thatcherism? The link between ideas and the Thatcher government has frequently been over-generalised and under-specified. Existing accounts tend to characterise neoliberalism as a homogeneous, and often ill-defined, group of thinkers that exerted a broad influence over the Thatcher government. In particular, this study explores how Margaret Thatcher approached special interest groups, a core neoliberal concern. The results demonstrate a willingness to utilise the state, often in contradictory ways, to pursue apparently more market-orientated policies. This book - through a combination of archival research, interviews and examination of neoliberal thought itself - defines the dominant strains of neoliberalism more clearly and explores their relationship with Thatcherism. "--Provided by publisher.