Luc Boltanski Distant Suffering (Paperback) Cambridge Cultural Social Studies

Further DetailsTitle: Distant SufferingCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: Morality, Media and PoliticsEAN: 9780521659536ISBN: 9780521659536Publisher: Cambridge University PressRelease Date: 10/13/1999Description: Distant Suffering, first published in 1999, 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.Language: FrenchCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 400gAuthor: Luc BoltanskiTranslator: Graham D. BurchellContributor: Graham D. Burchell (Translated by)Genre: Society & CultureTopic: Social SciencesBook Series: Cambridge Cultural Social StudiesRelease Year: 1999

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