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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kruse, Christiane,
• Meyer, Birgit,
• Korte, Anne-Marie,

Titel

Taking Offense : Religion, Art, and Visual Culture in Plural Configurations

Ist Teil von

• Dynamis Series

Auflage

First edition

Ort / Verlag

Paderborn : Wilhelm Fink,

Erscheinungsjahr

[2018]

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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.
• 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.
• English
• Description based on print version record.