Distant Suffering

Morality, Media and Politics

By:

Luc Boltanski

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Cultural Social Studies

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Images of starving children, bombed villages and mass graves brought to us by television in the comfort of our homes implicitly call on us to act. What can we do when the suffering we see is so distant and we feel powerless compared with the forces behind the suffering? Luc Boltanski examines the ways in which, since the end of the eighteenth century, spectators have tried to respond acceptably to what they have seen, and discusses whether there remains a place for pity in modern politics.

Release date Australia

October 13th, 1999

Author

Luc Boltanski

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Translated by Graham D. Burchell

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

268

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Series

Cambridge Cultural Social Studies

Dimensions

152x229x15

ISBN-13

9780521659536

Product ID

2365492

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