Religion in Cultural Imaginary: Explorations in Visual und Material Practices

Prof. Dr. Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati

doi:10.5771/9783845264066

Summary

Das vielschichtige Konzept des Imaginären erweist sich als weiterführende Kategorie, um die Präsenz und Diffusion religiöser Symbole, Weltbilder und Narrative in verschiedenen Medien und gesellschaftlichen Bereichen wie Politik, Wirtschaft, Kunst und Populärkultur einzufangen. Eingesetzt, um die Rezeption und Transformation religiöser Referenzen durch Zeit und Kulturen zu fassen, kann das Imaginäre verstanden werden als geteilter Fundus von mentalen Bildern und materiellen Gegenständen, von Ideen, Symbolen, Werten und Praktiken, die zur Produktion von Bedeutung und dem gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt beitragen. Im Schnittbereich von soziologischen, politisch-philosophischen und kulturwissenschaftlichen Zugängen zu Religion bietet die interdisziplinäre Studie einen intensiven Austausch zwischen theoretischer Diskussion und reichhaltigen empirischen Analysen.

Mit Beiträgen von

Daria Pezzoli-Ogiati, Ann Jeffers, Anna-Katharina Höpflinger, Paola von Wyss-Giacosa, Natasha O’Hear, Davide Zordan, Natalie Fritz, Marie-Therese Mäder, Sean Ryan, Stefanie Knauss, Alexander D. Ornella

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2015
Copyright year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-2304-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-6406-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Religion - Wirtschaft - Politik
Volume: 13
Language: English
Pages: 343
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 9
Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
1. The Diffusion of Religious Symbols in Society No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
2. ‘Imaginary’ at the Crossroad of Different Languages and Traditions No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
3. Religion in Cultural Imaginary No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
4. Approaches to Visual and Material Practices No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
5. Bibliography No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
Ann Jeffers
1. Visualising the Imaginary No access Ann Jeffers
2. The Literary Imaginary of the Visual Representations of the Woman of Endor No access Ann Jeffers
3. The Visual Imaginary No access Ann Jeffers
4. The Imaginary in Jacob Cornelisz Oostsanen’s Saul and the Witch of Endor No access Ann Jeffers
5. The Imaginary in the Woodcut of the Woman of Endor in Luther’s Bible of 1575 No access Ann Jeffers
6. Transforming the Imaginary No access Ann Jeffers
7. Bibliography No access Ann Jeffers
Anna-Katharina Höpflinger
1. Imagining a Nation No access Anna-Katharina Höpflinger
2. Helvetia: A National Personification with a History No access Anna-Katharina Höpflinger
3. Helvetia and Mary No access Anna-Katharina Höpflinger
4. Civil Religious Imaginary No access Anna-Katharina Höpflinger
5. Bibliography No access Anna-Katharina Höpflinger
Paola von Wyss-Giacosa
1. Popular Literature and Collective Imagination No access Paola von Wyss-Giacosa
2. ‘Paper Memory’ – Approaches to the Imaginary No access Paola von Wyss-Giacosa
3. I misteri della jungla nera – Mapping Western Imaginaries on India No access Paola von Wyss-Giacosa
4. A Visual Imaginary of the Black Goddess No access Paola von Wyss-Giacosa
5. Who’s Imaginary? Closing Remarks No access Paola von Wyss-Giacosa
6. Bibliography No access Paola von Wyss-Giacosa
7. Filmography No access Paola von Wyss-Giacosa
Natasha O’Hear
1. Towards a Definition of the Cultural Imaginary in the Post-Modern Age No access Natasha O’Hear
2. Contrasting Apocalyptic Imaginaries No access Natasha O’Hear
3. The Apocalyptic Imaginary as Experienced through Popular Culture: an Overview No access Natasha O’Hear
4. Three Alternative Apocalyptic Imaginaries No access Natasha O’Hear
5. The Seventh Seal No access Natasha O’Hear
6. Twelve Gates to the City by the Reverend Blind Gary Davis No access Natasha O’Hear
7. The Left Behind-Phenomenon No access Natasha O’Hear
8. Bibliography No access Natasha O’Hear
9. Filmography No access Natasha O’Hear
10. Computer Games No access Natasha O’Hear
Davide Zordan
1. Religion, Comics and the Imaginary No access Davide Zordan
2. From Underground Comics to the Bible: The Strange Itinerary of Robert Crumb No access Davide Zordan
3. “Do not Invent Anything”: the Commandment of Crumb’s Illustrative Strategy No access Davide Zordan
4. The Word of God in Human Drawings No access Davide Zordan
5. Imaginary at Work No access Davide Zordan
6. Bibliography No access Davide Zordan
Natalie Fritz
1. Hey Jude – Entering the Tenenbaum’s History No access Natalie Fritz
2. Everyone – From the Holy Family to Normative Conceptions of Human Coexistence No access Natalie Fritz
3. Natalie Fritz
  1. The Locus Amoenus No access Natalie Fritz
  2. The Holy Walk No access Natalie Fritz
  3. Everyday Life-Situations No access Natalie Fritz
4. These Days – From Painting to Film No access Natalie Fritz
5. I Always Wanted to Be a Tenenbaum – Fragility of the Ideal Family Construction No access Natalie Fritz
6. Needle in the Hay – The Path from Image to Imaginary No access Natalie Fritz
7. Bibliography No access Natalie Fritz
8. Filmography No access Natalie Fritz
9. Discography No access Natalie Fritz
Marie-Therese Mäder
1. Religious Imaginary at the Crossroad of Different Theories No access Marie-Therese Mäder
2. A Semio-Pragmatic Approach to Documentaries No access Marie-Therese Mäder
3. Marie-Therese Mäder
  1. Susan Mogul’s Jewish Family No access Marie-Therese Mäder
  2. Questioning Tradition and Relationships No access Marie-Therese Mäder
  3. Relationships and Sexuality No access Marie-Therese Mäder
  4. Sharing Tradition No access Marie-Therese Mäder
  5. In Search of a Jewish History No access Marie-Therese Mäder
4. Making Documentaries as an Imaginative Practice No access Marie-Therese Mäder
5. Bibliography No access Marie-Therese Mäder
6. Filmography No access Marie-Therese Mäder
Sean Michael Ryan
1. Disentangling Memory and Imaginaries No access Sean Michael Ryan
2. Sean Michael Ryan
  1. Cultural Memory No access Sean Michael Ryan
  2. Cultural Imaginary No access Sean Michael Ryan
3. Bleeding Love: The Sacred Heart-Image in I Could Read the Sky No access Sean Michael Ryan
4. Heart of Europe: The Sacred Heart Image and Irish-Catholic Self-identity No access Sean Michael Ryan
5. A Different Beat: Sacred Heart and western European popular culture No access Sean Michael Ryan
6. Disentangled Threads? Cultural Memory and Cultural Imaginary No access Sean Michael Ryan
7. Bibliography No access Sean Michael Ryan
8. Filmography No access Sean Michael Ryan
Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
1. Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  1. Approaches to the Museum as a Public Space No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  2. The Role of the Cultural Imaginary No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  3. The Recipient between Imaginary and Imagination No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
2. Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  1. The Context No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  2. Transmission of Ancient Knowledge No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  3. Religious Narrative, Symbols and Practices No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
3. Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  1. World of Plenty as a Case Study No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  2. Religious References No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
4. Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  1. Reviews in the Media No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  2. Religious Activities in the Museum No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
  3. Individual Feedback No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
5. Negotiation of Religions No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
6. Bibliography No access Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
Stefanie Knauss
1. What Is the Imaginary? No access Stefanie Knauss
2. The Symbolic Universe of an Apple No access Stefanie Knauss
3. The Advertising Apple No access Stefanie Knauss
4. Stefanie Knauss
  1. Question: Why Is Apple Inc. Called ‘Apple’? No access Stefanie Knauss
  2. Question: What does the Apple Represent in Desperate Housewives? No access Stefanie Knauss
5. Travelling Images, Shifting Imaginaries No access Stefanie Knauss
6. Bibliography No access Stefanie Knauss
7. Filmography No access Stefanie Knauss
Alexander D. Ornella
1. Prelude No access Alexander D. Ornella
2. Contexts and Definitions No access Alexander D. Ornella
3. Scientific Imaginaries No access Alexander D. Ornella
4. Technological Imaginaries No access Alexander D. Ornella
5. Imaginary Designs: Technologies, Fantasies and Aesthetics No access Alexander D. Ornella
6. Transcending Worlds: Religious Implications of Technological Imaginaries No access Alexander D. Ornella
7. Alexander D. Ornella
  1. Body No access Alexander D. Ornella
  2. Narratives No access Alexander D. Ornella
  3. Aesthetics No access Alexander D. Ornella
  4. Sublime No access Alexander D. Ornella
  5. Materiality No access Alexander D. Ornella
  6. Agency No access Alexander D. Ornella
8. Bibliography No access Alexander D. Ornella
Authors No access Pages 334 - 337
List of Figures No access Pages 338 - 341
Index of Keywords No access Pages 342 - 343