Transcultural imaginations of the sacred
Although we tend to suggest that clear constructions of identity are granted to religious symbols under the assumption that they distinguish between self and other explicitly, perceptions of alterity in fact play a vital role in sacral forms of representation. Markers of foreignness are used in a se...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Paderborn
Wilhelm Fink
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Berliner Schriften zur Kunst
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious art
/ The Sacred
/ The Other
/ Interculturality
/ Aesthetics
B The Sacred / Interculturality / The Other / Religious art / Aesthetics |
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Collection of essays
B Conference program 2012 (Berlin) |
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| Summary: | Although we tend to suggest that clear constructions of identity are granted to religious symbols under the assumption that they distinguish between self and other explicitly, perceptions of alterity in fact play a vital role in sacral forms of representation. Markers of foreignness are used in a semantics of the exceptional that characterizes the sacral. Perceptions of difference are thus capable of making visible the remoteness of sacral forms from the profane world of experience. This book, therefore, asks: What role do traits of alterity play in the sacral context? How are various concepts of the sacred synthesized in situations of transcultural translation, for instance in the context of missionary activity? How did an artifact arrive at sacral potency in various cultures, and under what conditions did semantic shifts occur? |
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| Item Description: | "[...] the essays published in the present volume emerged from the conference bearing the same title that was organized by the DFG Research Unit 1703 'Transcultural Negotiations in the Ambits of Art: Commparative Perspectives on Historical Contexts and Contemporary Constellations.'" (Seite 8) "Transcultural Imaginations of the Sacred (Berlin, 11-12 Oct [20]12), Freie Universität Berlin, Seminarzentrum, Silberlaube (ground floor), Room L 115; Otto-von-Simson-Str. 26; 14195 Berlin-Dahlem, 11.-12.10.2012. [Organisatorin:] Margit Kern, Freie Universität Berlin. 'Transkulturelle Imaginationen des Sakralen'/'Transcultural Imaginations of the Sacred'. Jahrestagung der DFG-Forschergruppe 'Transkulturelle Verhandlungsräume von Kunst: Komparatistische Perspektiven auf historische Kontexte und aktuelle Konstellationen'/Annual Conference DFG Research Unit 'Transcultural Negotiations in the Ambits of Art. Comparative Perspectives on Historical Contexts and Contemporary Constellations'" (https://arthist.net/archive/3845/view, Zugriff am 03.02.2022) |
| Physical Description: | 286 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7705-5630-4 |
