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
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
Regarding the Pain of Others - Susan Sontag
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