عنوان

Idolatry and the Civil Covenant of Photography:

شماره

LA113374

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Idolatry and the Civil Covenant of Photography:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

On the Practice of Exhibiting Images of Suffering, Degradation, and Death

نام نخستين پديدآور

Roger I. Simon

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Exhibiting perpetrator photographs of suffering and death presents a series of curatorial problems for museums and galleries. Unlike photojournalist images taken to inform a social conscience, the initial creation and circulation of such photographs have historically been implicated in the violence they depict. Beyond skepticism as to photography's capacity to arouse a moral impulse, exhibitions of perpetrator photographs have been criticized for promoting voyeurism and extending suffering through the reiteration of images of human degradation. I consider how a problem central to Jewish theology might speak to such curatorial concerns, specifically the question of what constitutes the practice of idolatry. In this context I explore issues related to the ethics of visuality, developing the implications of Leora Batnitzky's reading of Franz Rosenzweig's cultural writings for my own concerns regarding the museological practice of public history. Exhibiting perpetrator photographs of suffering and death presents a series of curatorial problems for museums and galleries. Unlike photojournalist images taken to inform a social conscience, the initial creation and circulation of such photographs have historically been implicated in the violence they depict. Beyond skepticism as to photography's capacity to arouse a moral impulse, exhibitions of perpetrator photographs have been criticized for promoting voyeurism and extending suffering through the reiteration of images of human degradation. I consider how a problem central to Jewish theology might speak to such curatorial concerns, specifically the question of what constitutes the practice of idolatry. In this context I explore issues related to the ethics of visuality, developing the implications of Leora Batnitzky's reading of Franz Rosenzweig's cultural writings for my own concerns regarding the museological practice of public history.

تاريخ نشر

2010

توصيف ظاهري

46-56

عنوان

IMAGES

شماره جلد

4/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1871-8000

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Roger I. Simon

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/187180010X547639

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y