Phenomenology of the Icon

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-009-31792-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

How can something finite mediate an infinite God? Weaving patristics, theology, art history, aesthetics, and religious practice with the hermeneutic phenomenology of Hans-George Gadamer and Jean-Luc Marion, Stephanie Rumpza proposes a new answer to this paradox by offering a fresh and original approach to the Byzantine icon. She demonstrates the power and relevance of the phenomenological method to integrate hermeneutic aesthetics and divine transcendence, notably how the material and visual dimensions of the icon are illuminated by traditional practices of prayer. Rumpza's study targets a problem that is a major fault line in the continental philosophy of religion – the integrity of finite beings I relation to a God that transcends them. For philosophers, her book demonstrates the relevance of a cherished religious practice of Eastern Christianity. For art historians, she proposes a novel philosophical paradigm for understanding the icon as it is approached in practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rumpza, Stephanie

Weitere Mitwirkende

Marion, Jean-Luc

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Byzantinisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Völkerwanderung und Mittelalter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An introduction to the icon; 2. Resonance: Hans-Georg Gadamer's aesthetics; 3. The window: Jean-Luc Marion's 'Icon'; 4. Representation: the icon and artwork; 5. Presence: the icon and prayer; 6. Substitution: the icon and veneration; 7. Performance: the icon and the liturgy; 8. The love letter: iconic mediation; Select bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Rumpza, Stephanie
Stephanie Rumpza is a researcher in Philosophy at Sorbonne Université (Paris IV). Her research focuses on the mediation of image, word, and expression and the relation between phenomenological and theological thinking.