Idols of the market : modern iconoclasm and the fundamentalist spectacle /

Idols of the market : modern iconoclasm and the fundamentalist spectacle /

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Author / Creator:Lütticken, Sven.
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Sternberg Press, c2009.
Description:245 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Iconoclasm in art.
Iconoclasm.
Idols and images in art.
Religious fundamentalism.
Art and religion.
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
Art and religion.
Art, Modern -- Themes, motives.
Iconoclasm.
Iconoclasm in art.
Idols and images in art.
Religious fundamentalism.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7898458
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ISBN:1933128267 (pbk.)
9781933128269 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"In this is a book-length essay, art critic and historian Sven Lutticken takes philosopher Theodor Adorno's critique of popular arts and culture a step further. Adorno criticized the manipulation of taste in official cultures and the pretense of individualism; Lutticken looks at the tension between fundamentalism and individualism in the context of the current religious-political image wars. This book examines both the afterlife of religious elements in modern culture and possible responses to the current religious re-appropriation of Adorno's critique of modern capitalist culture by both Christian fundamentalists and radical Islamists... "
Other form:Online version: Lütticken, Sven. Idols of the market. Berlin ; New York : Sternberg Press, c2009

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