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Image Wars: Iconoclasm and Idolatry

Explores issues of image worship and destruction in several cultural contexts. Topics include: images as magic; fetish and taboo; Judaic, Christian and Muslim interpretations of the Second Commandment; the 9thc. Christian Iconoclastic Controversy; individual, state and revolutionary destruction of images. In a world increasingly saturated with visual images and information across a range of media, it is crucial to understand the power of images on human consciousness, and the ways that power has been deployed, celebrated, circumscribed and challenged.