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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...
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oapen-20.500.12657-400312023-07-25T09:44:07Z Taking Offense Kruse, Christiane Meyer, Birgit Korte, Anne-Marie Religion the arts bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts 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. 2020-07-20T13:37:45Z 2020-07-20T13:37:45Z 2018 book ONIX_20200720_9783770563456_13 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/40031 eng dynamis application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9783846763452.pdf Schöningh and Fink Social Sciences 10.30965/9783846763452 10.30965/9783846763452 Brill Schöningh and Fink Social Sciences 383 open access |
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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. |
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