Distant suffering : morality, media, and politics /
What is the morally acceptable response to images of starving children, bombed villages and mass graves brought to us by television? Luc Boltanski discusses the ways in which spectators have tried to respond to what they have seen and asks if there remains a place for pity in modern politics.
| Основен автор: | Boltanski, Luc. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English French |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1999.
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| Серия: |
Cambridge cultural social studies.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=55626 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Distant suffering. |
| Резюме: |
What is the morally acceptable response to images of starving children, bombed villages and mass graves brought to us by television? Luc Boltanski discusses the ways in which spectators have tried to respond to what they have seen and asks if there remains a place for pity in modern politics. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xviii, 246 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-239) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0511004656 9780511004650 0511038593 9780511038594 0511150369 9780511150364 0511053835 9780511053832 9780521573894 0521573890 9780521659536 0521659531 9780511489402 0511489404 |