Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-vii

List of Illustrations

pp viii-xi

Acknowledgments

pp xii-xiv

Introduction: Epidemic Images

pp 1-6

Part I - A Brief History of Iconomy

pp 7-8

1 - A Strange Image: Seeing the Dreaming

pp 9-24

2 - Iconoclash in Byzantium

pp 25-34

3 - Commodities and Chains

pp 35-44

4 - The Image in the Era of Its Technical Reproducibility

pp 45-52

5 - Spectacle: Architecture and Occlusion

pp 53-62

6 - Iconomy: What’s in a Name?

pp 63-76

Part II - Iconoclash

pp 77-78

7 - The Spike-Crowned Virus

pp 79-96

8 - Trumpmania

pp 97-104

9 - Incident at Powderhorn, May 25, 2020

pp 105-112

10 - Videodeath 1991 and 2020: King vs Floyd

pp 113-128

11 - The Contest of the Images

pp 129-142

12 - Image War, Civil War? January 6, 2021

pp 143-160

13 - White Artworlds/Black Aesthetics

pp 161-184

14 - The Trial: Aggressive Non-violence

pp 185-196

Part III - Toward Political Iconomy

pp 197-198

15 - Iconomic Value: An Accounting

pp 199-212

Index

pp 213-222