ICONOCLASM

Iconoclasm, the breaking of images, is part of our history from the destruction of religious images in early Christianity to todays toppling of statues of Confederate generals and slave traders. Images, buildings and objects that violate religious or ideological beliefs must be destroyed. Those who carry out such purges iconoclasts are convinced they are carrying out an act of purification. The past has been turned upside down in a desire to start over from the very beginning.