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Image, Icon, Economy: The Byzantine Origins of the Contemporary Imaginary

Contributor(s): Mondzain, Marie-José (Author), Franses, Rico (Translator)

ISBN: 9780804741002

Publisher: Stanford University Press

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Pub Date: November 24, 2004

Dewey: 306.47

LCCN: 2004000088

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.83" H x 9.24" L x 6.26" W ( 1.09 lbs) 280 pages

Series: Cultural Memory in the Present

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Description: 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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