Image, Icon, Economy: The Byzantine Origins of the Contemporary Imaginary (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Image, Icon, Economy: The Byzantine Origins of the Contemporary Imaginary (Cultural Memory in the Present)

by Marie - Jose Mondzain (Author), RicoFranses (Translator)

Synopsis

This book argues that the extraordinary force of the image in contemporary life-the contemporary imaginary-can be traced back to the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 280
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 15 Nov 2004

ISBN 10: 0804741018
ISBN 13: 9780804741019