Taking Offense
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.
| ISBN: | 9783770563456 |
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| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Deutsch Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 383 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Herausgeber: | Korte, Anne-Marie Kruse, Christiane Meyer, Birgit |
| Verlag: | Brill | Fink |
| Veröffentlicht: | 16.02.2018 |
| Untertitel: | Religion, Art, and Visual Culture in Plural Configurations |
| Schlagworte: | Artistic Research Bildpolitik Bildwissenschaft Blasphemie Christentum Christianity anstößige Bilder artistic research blasphemy co-existence |
Christiane Kruse is Professor for Art History and Visual Culture at the Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel. Birgit Meyer is Professor for Religious Studies at the University of Utrecht. Anne-Marie Korte is Professor for Religion and Gender at the University of Utrecht.