14. Aaron Tugendhaft: Images, idols and iconoclasm
14. Aaron Tugendhaft: Images, idols and iconoclasm
14. Aaron Tugendhaft: Images, idols and iconoclasm
Aaron discusses the ideas from his new book, The Idols of Isis: from Assyria to the Internet. The ISIS video of men smashing statues in Mosul Museum reminded him of a lost scene from Sargon’s palace. What are images? Why do we need them? Can they ever be anything other than incomplete and imperfect? And does that matter?
2:53 images, idolatry and iconoclasm
5:39 meanings of images in relation to Iraqi heritage
9:09 ISIS videos
12:44 Sargon of Assyria and ancient iconoclasm
17:52 virtuous iconoclasm?
21:55 how museums might display meanings
Idols of Isis is available from the University of Chicago Press: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo60920783.html
Music by Ruba Hillawi
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Thin End of the Wedge explores life in the ancient Middle East. There are many wonderful stories we can tell about those people, their communities, the gritty reality of their lives, their hopes, fears and beliefs. We can do that through the objects they left behind and the cities where they once lived. Our focus is on the cultures that used cuneiform (“wedge-shaped”) writing, so mostly on ancient Iraq and nearby regions from about 3000 BC to about 100 AD. Thin End of the Wedge brings you expert insights and the latest research in clear and simple language. What do we know? How do we know anything? And why is what we know always changing? Why is any of this important today? We won’t talk to you like you’re stupid. But you won’t need any special training to understand what we’re talking about. This is an independent production by me as an individual. It is not supported by my employer or any other organisation I am involved with, and the views expressed here do not necessarily reflect theirs.Join Podchaser to...
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