Satirizing the colonial power was thus part of a larger iconoclastic and subversive undertaking to bring a threatening political force down to earth, and where possible to insignificance.
One had to be iconoclastic.
The radical pragmatist knows that we must continue to be iconoclastic about structures - cultural or social, discursive or institutional - so that we may be respectful of people.
Henderson's iconoclastic vision was far ahead of its time.
We do not know the frequency of such iconoclastic acts, nor the typicality of known examples in terms of their targets and the repertoire of actions they employed.
Or was this simply the prurient and irreverent indulgence of a young, iconoclastic composer?
Naturally, his somewhat iconoclastic stance has not always received universal commendation but it has sparked off a lively and healthy international debate.
The book is indeed comprehensive, but it is hardly iconoclastic, and is certainly much better read in parts than as a whole.
