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Philosophers and theologians have long engaged in intense debate and introspection over the representation of the deity, its possibilities and its proscriptions. "The Forbidden Image" traces the dual strains of 'iconophilia' and iconoclasm, the privileging and prohibition of religious images, over a span of two-and-a-half millennia in the West. Alain Besancon's work begins with a comprehensive examination of the status of the image in Greek, Judaic, Islamic, and Christian thought. The author then addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in European Christianity from the medieval through the early modern periods. Besancon completes "The Forbidden Image" with an examination of how iconophilia and iconoclasm have been debated in the modern period.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: Forbidden Image
• Subtitle: An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm
• Author: Alain Besancon
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 432
• EAN: 9780226044132
• ISBN: 0226044130
• ID: 04542532
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Weight: 746 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 163 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. May 2001

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