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Regarding The Pain Of Others

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Informationen zum Autor Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include On Photography , Regarding the Pain of Others and At the Same Time. She was also the author of four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a collection of stories and several plays. She was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, and received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. She died in December 2004. Klappentext A brilliant analysis of the use of images of war, and society's reaction towards them. Discusses a wide range of areas, from Goya to news footage. Zusammenfassung 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 Times What 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

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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.

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Authors Susan Sontag, Sontag Susan
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 26.08.2004
 
EAN 9780141012377
ISBN 978-0-14-101237-7
No. of pages 128
Dimensions 130 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews
Fiction > Poetry, drama
Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work
Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research

Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society

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