The Politics of Iconoclasm

Religion, Violence and the Culture of Image-Breaking in Christianity and Islam

James Noyes (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2016
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78453-479-0 (ISBN)

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From false idols and graven images to the tombs of kings and the shrines of capitalism, the targeted destruction of cities, sacred sites and artefacts for religious, political or nationalistic reasons is central to our cultural legacy. This book examines the different traditions of image-breaking in Christianity and Islam as well as their development into nominally secular movements and paints a vivid, scholarly picture of a culture of destruction encompassing Protestantism, Wahhabism, and Nationalism. Beginning with a comparative account of Calvinist Geneva and Wahhabi Mecca, The Politics of Iconoclasm explores the religious and political agendas behind acts of image-breaking and their relation to nationhood and state-building. From sixteenth-century Geneva to urban developments in Mecca today, The Politics of Iconoclasm explores the history of image-breaking, the culture of violence and its paradoxical roots in the desire for renewal. Examining these dynamics of nationhood, technology, destruction and memory, a historical journey is described in which the temple is razed and replaced by the machine.

James Noyes completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge on a comparative study of Christian and Islamic iconoclasm. He has taught at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham and at the Institut d Etudes Politiques Sciences Po Paris, and is part of the international Iconoclasms Network supported by the University of Birmingham"

Contents
List of Illustrationsix
Note on Transliterationxi
Acknowledgementsxiii

Introduction1

PART I: THE PROTOTYPES

1 Calvinism and Iconoclasm23
2 Wahhabism and Iconoclasm59

PART II: THE CASES

3 The French Revolution and Iconoclasm95
4 The Bourgeois City and Iconoclasm: Venice111
5 World War Two and Iconoclasm125
6 The Balkan Wars and Iconoclasm145
7 Islamic Iconoclasm Today165

Conclusion179

Notes185
Bibliography219
Index of Key Names233

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.1.2016
Zusatzinfo	10 black and white integrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 214 mm
Gewicht	320 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
ISBN-10	1-78453-479-X / 178453479X
ISBN-13	978-1-78453-479-0 / 9781784534790
Zustand	Neuware