Regarding the Pain of Others

Susan Sontag
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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

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

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ISBN9780141012377
PublisherPenguin Business
Publication Date08/26/04
Pages128

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  • rudolf_schmitt
    rudolf_schmitt

    73 Followers

    5.0

    Was mich an Susan Sontags Essays besonders fasziniert, sind die Klarheit, die Vernunft und die Menschlichkeit ihres Denkens und Schreibens. Zu dieser Menschlichkeit gehört auch, dass sie sich keinen Illusionen über die Grausamkeiten, zu denen Menschen jederzeit in der Lage sind, hingibt.

    Sep 6, 2022

  • thefox86
    thefox86

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    2.0

    I will keep it short: too many words for too little insight.

    May 25, 2025

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