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Donald Preziosi
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November 2013
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Donald Preziosi
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Published
November 2013
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Art, Religion, Amnesia addresses the relationship between art and religion in contemporary culture, directly challenging contemporary notions of art and religion as distinct social phenomena and explaining how such Western terms represent alternative and even antithetical modes of world-making. In this new book, Professor Preziosi offers a critique of the main thrust of writing in recent years on the subjects of art, religion, and their interconnections, outlining in detail a perspective which redefines the basic terms in which recent debates and discussions have been articulated both in the scholarly and popular literature, and in artistic, political and religious practice. Art, Religion and Amnesia proposes an alternative to the two conventional traditions of writing on the subject which have been devoted on the one hand to the 'spiritual' dimensions of artistry, and on the other hand to the (equally spurious) 'aesthetic' aspects of religion. The book interrogates the fundamental assumptions fuelling many current controversies over representation, idolatry, blasphemy, and political culture.
Drawing on debates from Plato's proposal to banish representational art from his ideal city-state to the Danish cartoons of Mohamed, Preziosi argues that recent debates have echoed a number of very ancient controversies in political philosophy, theology, and art history over the problem of representation and its functions in individual and social life. This book is a unique re-evaluation of the essential indeterminacy of meaning-making, marking a radically new approach to understanding the inextricability of aesthetics and theology and will be of interest to students and researchers in art history, philosophy and religion and cultural theory.
Author
Donald Preziosi
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published
November 2013
Weight
492g
Page Count
160
Dimensions
158 x 234 x 9 mm
ISBN
9780415778619
ISBN-10
0415778611
Eden Code
4572954
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Author/Creator: Donald Preziosi
ISBN: 9780415778619
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Release Date: November 2013
Weight: 492g
Dimensions: 158 x 234 x 9 mm
Eden Code: 4572954