The spirit of matter : modernity, religion, and the power of objects /: modernity, religion, and the power of objects. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Pels.
• Authors: Pels, Peter
• Contents: List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction Chapter 1. The Auto-Icon, or: What a Secularist Relic Says about Modern Dematerializations; Chapter 2. Towards a Methodology of the Concrete Part II: Fetish and the Fear of Matter Chapter 3. The Spirit of Matter: On Fetish, Rarity, Fact and Fancy; Chapter 4. The Modern Fear of Matter: Reflections on the Protestantism of Victorian Science Part III: Do Catholics See Things Differently? Chapter 5. Trophy and Wonder, or: Bodies at the Exhibition; Chapter 6. Africa Christo! The Materiality of Photographs in Dutch Catholic Mission Propaganda, 1946-1960; Chapter 7. “I am Black, but Comely”: Mission, Modernity and the Power of Objects in the Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal; Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Powers of Miming “Africa” Part IV: The Time of Things Chapter 9. Things in Time: Commodity Fetishism before Advertising; Chapter 10. False Consciousness? The Rise of Advertising In Lieu of a Conclusion: The Future of Things References; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (388 pages)
• Subjects: 261; Material culture -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781805390152
• Related ISBNs: 9781805390145
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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