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The eyes of justice : blindfolds and farsightedness, vision and blindness in the aesthetics of the law

"Should Justice be blind or should she instead be capable of seeing everything, even the human heart? José M. González García examines how the iconography of Justice evolved over the course of history. Providing an overview of depictions of Justice in various ages and places, the book mainly...

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Main Author: González García, José María (Author, VerfasserIn)
Corporate Author: Vittorio Klostermann (Verlag)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Frankfurt am Main : Vittorio Klostermann , 2017
Edition:1. Auflage
Series:Series of the Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities "Law as Culture" Volume 13
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Author Notes:José M. González García
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Summary:"Should Justice be blind or should she instead be capable of seeing everything, even the human heart? José M. González García examines how the iconography of Justice evolved over the course of history. Providing an overview of depictions of Justice in various ages and places, the book mainly focuses on "The Blindfold Dispute" that began to develop during Renaissance. While at first the blindfold was perceived as unjust, precisely because it denied Justice the ability to see everything, it transformed just a few years later into a positive symbol of the equality of all individuals before the law. And other depictions were added: supplementary eyes, transparent blindfolds, the double face of Janus, the returns of Astraea and the "Eye of the Law". The book also analyses important historic moments in which the crisis of the Law went along with a search for new forms of representing the gaze of Justice, as reflections on the art of Dürer, Klimt and Kafka show as well as recent developments in political philosophy"--Back cover
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 397-411
Physical Description:411 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:3465042654
9783465042655