reede, 17. oktoober 2008

Defenestratsioon

Installatsioon "Defenestration" San Franciscos, USAs:







Wikipediast selgus minu jaoks aga üllatav tõsiasi, et defenestration on juba väga vana mõiste/toiming: 

"Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year of 1618. ...Historically, the word defenestration was used to refer to an act of political dissent. Notably, the defenestrations of Prague in 1419 and 1618 helped to trigger prolonged conflict within Bohemia and beyond. It is said that some Catholics ascribed the survival of those defenestrated at Prague Castle in 1618 to divine intervention."

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