Des idoles be bois aux idoles de l'esprit: les métamorphoses de l'idolâtrie dans l'imaginaire moderne
A concept heavy with a long history of ideological combats, idolatry has not finished questioning the present day. Its field of application having been considerably broadened, it designates nowadays all phenomena where unwarranted sacralization takes place. In order to explain how this notion was ab...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | French |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Peeters
2004
|
| In: |
Revue théologique de Louvain
Year: 2004, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 203-216 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Idolatry
/ The Modern
|
| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements VA Philosophy |
| Summary: | A concept heavy with a long history of ideological combats, idolatry has not finished questioning the present day. Its field of application having been considerably broadened, it designates nowadays all phenomena where unwarranted sacralization takes place. In order to explain how this notion was able to leave the strictly religious sphere and venture into other cultural areas, this article looks at the semantic shifts which took place between the 16th and 18th centuries: and from exterior idols to interior ones, from the "false" gods of heathendom to the "mad" images hatched by imagination. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0080-2654 |
| Contains: | In: Revue théologique de Louvain
|