{"product_id":"the-forbidden-image-alain-besanon-9780226044149","title":"The Forbidden Image: An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophers and theologians have long engaged in intense debate and introspection over the representation of the deity, its possibilities and its proscriptions. \u003ci\u003eThe Forbidden Image\u003c\/i\u003e traces the dual strains of \"iconophilia\" and iconoclasm, the privileging and prohibition of religious images, over a span of two and a half millennia in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlain Besan輟n's work begins with a comprehensive examination of the status of the image in Greek, Judaic, Islamic, and Christian thought. The author then addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in European Christianity from the medieval through the early modern periods. Besan輟n completes \u003ci\u003eThe Forbidden Image\u003c\/i\u003e with an examination of how iconophilia and iconoclasm have been debated in the modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Even the reader who has heard something of the Byzantine quarrels about images and their theological background will be surprised by a learned and convincing interpretation of the works of Mondrian, Kandinsky, and Malevich in terms of religiously inspired iconoclasm. . . . This is an immensely rich and powerful masterpiece.\"--Leszek Kolakowski, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alain Besan輟n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226044149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226044149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Alain Besan輟n","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913417490687,"sku":"9780226044149","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d40abab3-0a64-4e43-80e9-20920c68f60c.jpg?v=1680620294","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-forbidden-image-alain-besanon-9780226044149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}