ISBN:
9780521573894
,
9780511150364
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (266 p)
Series Statement:
Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Distant Suffering : Morality, Media and Politics
DDC:
179
Keywords:
Suffering
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Considers morally acceptable response to images of war, famine etc. brought to us by television
Description / Table of Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The politics of pity; 2 Taking sides; 3 The moral spectator; 4 The topic of denunciation; 5 The topic of sentiment; 6 The critique of sentimentalism; 7 The aesthetic topic; 8 Heroes and the accursed; 9 What reality has misfortune?; 10 How realistic is action?; Notes; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
