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Image, Icon, Economy: The Byzantine Origins of the Contemporary Imaginary
Marie-José Mondzain
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Paperback. This book argues that the extraordinary force of the image in contemporary life-the contemporary imaginary-can be traced back to the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries. Translator(s): Franses, Rico. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
The barest awareness of the ubiquity and influence of the media today provides proof enough that our fate is in the hands of the image. But when and how was this fate sealed? Image, Icon, Economy considers this question and recounts an essential thread in the conceptualization of visual images within the Western tradition. This book argues that the extraordinary force of the image in contemporary life—the contemporary imaginary—can be traced back to the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries. It was during this period that the church was compelled to produce an account of the theological ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Memory in the Present Series
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804741019
SKU
V9780804741019
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About Marie-José Mondzain
Marie-José Mondzain is Director of Studies at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris.
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