Distant Suffering

Morality, Media and Politics

By:

Luc Boltanski

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Cultural Social Studies

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Distant Suffering examines the moral and political implications for a spectator of the distant suffering of others as presented through the media. What are the morally acceptable responses to the sight of suffering on television, for example, when the viewer cannot act directly to affect the circumstances in which the suffering takes place? Luc Boltanski argues that spectators can actively involve themselves and others by speaking about what they have seen and how they were affected by it. Developing ideas in Adam Smith's moral theory, he examines three rhetorical 'topics' available for the expression of the spectator's response to suffering: the topics of denunciation and of sentiment and the aesthetic topic. The book concludes with a discussion of a 'crisis of pity' in relation to modern forms of humanitarianism. A possible way out of this crisis is suggested which involves an emphasis and focus on present suffering.

Release date Australia

October 28th, 1999

Author

Luc Boltanski

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Translated by Graham D. Burchell

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

266

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Series

Cambridge Cultural Social Studies

Dimensions

158x240x26

ISBN-13

9780521573894

Product ID

1770840

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