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Informationen zum Autor Raphael Sassower is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books, including The Price of Public Intellectuals (2014), Religion and Sports in American Culture (2014), Digital Exposure: Postmodern Postcapitalism (2013) and Solo: Postmodern Explorations (2011). Klappentext In an age when the visual landscape dominates our communication, War Images offers the rationale and the method by which we can critically engage images. Though focused on war images, this book provides a broad appreciation of how 'reading' images is an act of social courage and personal responsibility. Zusammenfassung In an age when the visual landscape dominates our communication! War Images offers the rationale and the method by which we can critically engage images. Though focused on war images! this book provides a broad appreciation of how 'reading' images is an act of social courage and personal responsibility. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Chapter One: Modern and Postmodern Fabrication Chapter 2 I.Modern Reality and the Postmodern Condition Chapter 3 II.Fabricating War Images Chapter 4 III.The Predicament of Framing War Images Part 5 Chapter Two: War Images Chapter 6 I. Photospread Chapter 7 II. Analysis of the Images Chapter 8 III.Annotated Image List Part 9 Chapter Three: Recapturing Reality Chapter 10 I.Representing the Realities of War Chapter 11 II.The Predicament of Just War Theories Chapter 12 III.The Power of Images, the Images of Power: Censorship Part 13 Chapter Four: The Pragmatic Promise Chapter 14 I. The Moral Dimensions of War and Terrorism Chapter 15 II. Fabricated War Images as Pragmatic Politics Chapter 16 III. Pedagogy of Critical Aesthetic Engagement
