The politics of iconoclasm: religion, violence and the culture of image-breaking in Christianity and Islam
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Main Author: Noyes, James (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 2013
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Item Description:List of Illustrations; Note on Transliteration; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I. THE PROTOTYPES; 1. Calvinism and Iconoclasm; 2. Wahhabism and Iconoclasm; PART II. THE CASES; 3. The French Revolution and Iconoclasm; 4. The Bourgeois City and Iconoclasm: Venice; 5. World War Two and Iconoclasm; 6. The Balkan Wars and Iconoclasm; 7. Islamic Iconoclasm Today; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Key Names
From false idols and graven images to the tombs of kings and the shrines of capitalism, the targeted destruction of cities, sacred sites and artefacts for religious, political or nationalistic reasons is central to our cultural legacy. This book examines the different traditions of image-breaking in Christianity and Islam as well as their development into nominally secular movements and paints a vivid, scholarly picture of a culture of destruction encompassing Protestantism, Wahhabism, and Nationalism. Beginning with a comparative account of Calvinist Geneva and Wahhabi Mecca, The Politics of
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (251 pages)
ISBN:0857722883
9780857722881

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