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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boltanski, Luc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Colección:Cambridge cultural social studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 246 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-239) and index.
ISBN:0511004656
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