Images Of Shame: Infamy, Defamation And The Ethics Of Oeconomia (german Edition) (german And English Edition)

At the zone of intersection between imagery, law, and the economy, the defamatory image is charged with a particularly explosive significance. While a "pedagogy of shame" was used in the Late Middle Ages in order to punish debtors and other violators of contracts, the defamatory image remains to this day a vehicle for the moral denunciation and pejorative depiction of individuals who have violated the law. The contributions in this volume discuss the "magical force" exerted by defamatory imagery as well as the role of public humiliation in legal practice, including the "pittura infamante" and the general use of imagery in law.--publisher's website Content / Inhalt 5 Figura Infamante. Schandbilder und die Ethik der oeconomia 7 Pittura Infamante. Practices, Genres and Connections 29 Prime pitture d’infamia nei comuni italiani. Immagini come documenti, immagini come fatti 49 Images of Dishonoured Rebels and Infamous Revolts. Political Crime, Shaming Punishments and Defamation in the Early Modern Pictorial Media 75 Bild-Ehre, Bild-Schande, Bild-Ängste. Einstige Kommunikationsweisen und heutige Diskursverkürzungen 103 The Ban and the Bag. How Defamatory Paintings Worked in Medieval Italy 119 “more cuiusdam Cioli et aliorum infamium”. On Dante’s Refusal to Return Home and How He Became Florentine Again 141 Sovereign Infamy. Grotesque Helmets, Masks of Shame and the Prehistory of Caricature 169 From Defamation to Mutilation. Gender Politics and Reason of State in Africa 193 „Ein Kampf mit der Sicht.“. Antlitz, Kunst und Erhabenes bei Emmanuel Levinas 217 From Dignity to Shame. X-rays and Legal Persona 239 Acknowledgements / Dank 265 Index / Personenregister 267 Picture Credits / Bildnachweise 270 At the zone of intersection between imagery, law, and the economy, the defamatory image is charged with a particularly explosive significance. Initially used as a judicial means of punishing debtors and other violators of contracts, defamatory images remain a vehicle for the denunciation and pejorative depiction of lawbreakers. This volume discusses the magical force exerted by defamatory imagery as well as the use of images in law. "