Wooden eyes: nine reflections on distance

1. Making it Strange: The Prehistory of a Literary Device2. Myth: Distance and Deceit3. Representation: The Word, the Idea, the Thing4. Ecce: On the Scriptural Roots of Christian Devotional Imagery5. Idols and Likenesses: A Passage in Origen and Its Vicissitudes6. Style: Inclusion and Exclusion7. Distance and Perspective: Two Metaphors8. To Kill a Chinese Mandarin: The Moral Implications of Distance9. Pope Wojtyla's Slip