Distant Suffering: Morality, Media and Politics

@book{citeulike:216610, abstract = {{Images of starving children, bombed villages and mass graves brought to us by television in the comfort of our homes implicitly call on us to act. What can we do when the suffering we see is so distant and we feel powerless compared with the forces behind the suffering? Luc Boltanski examines the ways in which, since the end of the eighteenth century, spectators have tried to respond acceptably to what they have seen, and discusses whether there remains a place for pity in modern politics.}}, author = {Boltanski, Luc }, citeulike-article-id = {216610}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0521659531}, keywords = {documentary, media, representation}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2005-06-02 12:23:11}, priority = {4}, publisher = {{Cambridge University Press}}, title = {Distant Suffering: Morality, Media and Politics}, url = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20\&path=ASIN/0521659531}, year = {1999} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:216610 L3 - citeulike-article-id:216610 TI - Distant Suffering: Morality, Media and Politics PB - {Cambridge University Press} SN - 0521659531 N2 - {Images of starving children, bombed villages and mass graves brought to us by television in the comfort of our homes implicitly call on us to act. What can we do when the suffering we see is so distant and we feel powerless compared with the forces behind the suffering? Luc Boltanski examines the ways in which, since the end of the eighteenth century, spectators have tried to respond acceptably to what they have seen, and discusses whether there remains a place for pity in modern politics.} KW - documentary KW - media KW - representation AU - Boltanski, Luc PY - 1999/05/01/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0521659531 ER -