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Angst vor der Sprache. Zur Kritik der sprachkritischen Ikonologie

Author(s): Halawa, Mark A.

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When Gottfried Boehm proclaimed the iconic turn twenty years ago, he initi-ated much more than an increased interest in iconological issues. In fact, his notion of the iconic turn is inextricably interwoven with a fundamental cri-tique of language. According to Boehm, bringing about an adequate under-standing of iconicity requires the recognition of an essential dichotomy be-tween word and image. This essay seeks to explain why Boehm’s iconology, by fostering such a dichotomy, is perpetuating the ancient Paragone dispute in a highly unproductive fashion. Moving on from this point of criticism, the essay works out the extend to which Boehm founds his theory of iconicity on an utterly one-sided conception of language. It also shows why Boehm’s lan-guage critical iconology amounts to a decidedly puristic idea of iconicity that is not only based on a deep-seated fear of language but also highly question-able.

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Halawa, Mark A.: Angst vor der Sprache. Zur Kritik der sprachkritischen Ikonologie. In: IMAGE. Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Bildwissenschaft, Jg. 10 (2014), Nr. 2, S. 5-35. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/16512.
@ARTICLE{Halawa2014,
 author = {Halawa, Mark A.},
 title = {Angst vor der Sprache. Zur Kritik der sprachkritischen Ikonologie},
 year = 2014,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/16512}",
 volume = 10,
 address = {Köln},
 journal = {IMAGE. Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Bildwissenschaft},
 number = 2,
 pages = {5--35},
}
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