Regarding The Pain of Others
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Features an analysis of our numbed response to images of horror. This title alters our thinking about the uses and meanings of images, and about the nature of war, the limits of sympathy, and the obli...
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Features an analysis of our numbed response to images of horror. This title alters our thinking about the uses and meanings of images, and about the nature of war, the limits of sympathy, and the obligations of conscience. Regarding the Pain of Others is Susan Sontag''s searing analysis of our numbed response to images of horror.''A coruscating sermon on how we picture suffering'' The New York TimesWhat is the purpose of images of pain and suffering? Can there be any real justification for the creation, and consumption, of such images?In this seminal volume, Susan Sontag examines the uses and meanings of images, from inspiring dissent to fostering violence to creating apathy. and through this lens she considers the nature of war, the limits of sympathy, and the obligations of conscience.''A far-reaching set of ruminations [...] on what it means to be alive and alert in the twenty-first century'' Independent''sontag is on top form: devastating'' Los Angeles Times''simple, elegant, fiercely persuasive'' Metro
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN
9780141012377
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
128
Udgivelsesdato
26-08-2004
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
1546022
EAN nr.
9780141012377
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
10
Bredde (mm)
197
Længde (mm)
130
Vægt (g)
96