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Distant Suffering by Luc Boltanski & Graham Burchell & Jeffrey C. Alexander
Morality, Media and Politics
Considers morally acceptable response to images of war, famine etc. brought to us by television.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. |
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| Author(s) : Graham Burchell & Jeffrey C. Alexander | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0521659531 | ISBN-13 : 9780521659536 |
| RRP : £18.99 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 13/10/1999
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page Length : 264mm
Page Size : 229mm