On the Iconoclasm of Isis — Elliott Colla
▻http://www.elliottcolla.com/blog/2015/3/5/on-the-iconoclasm-of-isis
Finally, before Americans issue more blanket condemnations of ISIS’s ugly form of iconoclasm, we might do well to put our own selves back into the history of toppling statues in Iraq. Weren’t we championing iconoclasm and broadcasting it on our own television screens not so long ago? Didn’t we, as victors, begin our celebrations by toppling the sacred objects of our enemies? Is it that we, the civilized, abhor the wanton destruction of all objects and histories, or just some?
If iconoclasm is a sign of barbarism, and if the appreciation of artifacts is a sign of civilization, we would do well to get our own story straight. Failing this, we are condemned to go on living in this bloody hall of mirrors we have inherited from the barbarians, theirs and ours.
Elliott, sur l’iconoclasme d’Isis et celui des Américains.
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Pour ceux que le sujet intéresse :
Statues et idoles : à propos de la sculpture arabe
▻http://cpa.hypotheses.org/2297