Journal article
"Sighting" the public: iconoclasm and public sphere theory
The Quarterly journal of speech, Vol.90(4), pp.377-402
11/01/2004
DOI: 10.1080/0033563042000302153
Abstract
This essay considers the ways that iconoclasm, or the will to control images and vision, appears in canonical and contemporary public sphere theory. John Dewey and Jürgen Habermas enact a paradoxical relation to visuality by repudiating a mass culture of images while preferring "good" images and vision. Yet even when advocating for good vision, both theorists activate a subtle iconoclasm that operates as a perennial tension in their work. The essay concludes by considering the ways in which iconoclasm manifests itself in more recent scholarship in rhetorical studies and suggests circulation as an analytic concept with some promise for helping public sphere theorists develop a more iconophilic relationship to images and vision.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- "Sighting" the public: iconoclasm and public sphere theory
- Creators
- Cara A. Finnegan - CommunicationJiyeon Kang - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Quarterly journal of speech, Vol.90(4), pp.377-402
- DOI
- 10.1080/0033563042000302153
- ISSN
- 0033-5630
- eISSN
- 1479-5779
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2004
- Academic Unit
- Communication Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984309753202771
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