Idols of the Market: Modern Iconoclasm and the Fundamentalist Spectacle

by Sven Lutticken and Sven Lütticken

Idols of the Market: Modern Iconoclasm and the Fundamentalist Spectacle reexamines the legacies of modern theoretical and artistic iconoclasm in the context of the current religious-political image wars.

In a letter written shortly after Adorno's death, in which he attempted to explain why his friend had not been buried according to Jewish rites, Max Horkheimer claimed that critical theory was based on the Second Commandment - the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933128267
• ISBN13: 9781933128269
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"