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The Iconic Imagination

[Paperback]

by Douglas Hedley

    • Author

      Douglas Hedley

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Continuum

    • Published

      February 2016

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      The Iconic Imagination

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      Product Description

      Why is beauty consoling? Ancient and Medieval Western philosophy was primarily concerned with beauty in relation to truth and goodness. The theistic religions assume a link between beauty, goodness and truth, all of which are viewed as Divine attributes. This is one reason for the iconoclasm that all three Abrahamic religions share to a greater or lesser degree. Yet, creative fictions of great artistic beauty aspire to a certain truthfulness. A work of the imagination may deepen or purify our emotions such that we gain a clearer understanding of reality. Beauty is consoling because it resolves the contradictions of experience; art can be a conduit to a supreme transcendent unity. "The Iconic Imagination" is both a reflection on the redemptive potential of art, and an investigation of the traditions of occidental Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Islam in their confrontations with the particular power of art to represent the transcendent. Throughout, Hedley argues that the malaise of much contemporary reflection upon beauty is a consequence of the marginalisation of beauty's religious dimension.

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      • Author

        Douglas Hedley

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Continuum

      • Published

        February 2016

      • Weight

        482g

      • Page Count

        256

      • Dimensions

        153 x 227 x 28 mm

      • ISBN

        9781441194633

      • ISBN-10

        1441194630

      • Eden Code

        4338518

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      • Author/Creator: Douglas Hedley

      • ISBN: 9781441194633

      • Publisher: Continuum

      • Release Date: February 2016

      • Weight: 482g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 28 mm

      • Eden Code: 4338518

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