Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004, author.

Regarding the pain of others / Susan Sontag.

First edition.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2003]
©2003

131 pages ; 22 cm

Watching the evening news offers constant evidence of atrocity--a daily commonplace in our "society of spectacle." But are viewers inured--or incited--to violence by the daily depiction of cruelty and horror? Is the viewer's perception of reality eroded by the universal availability of imagery intended to shock? In this investigation of the role of imagery in our culture, Susan Sontag cuts through circular arguments about how pictures can inspire dissent or foster violence as she takes a fresh look at the representation of atrocity--from Goya's The Disasters of War to photographs of the American Civil War, lynchings of blacks in the South, and Dachau and Auschwitz to contemporary horrific images of Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and New York City on September 11, 2001. Sontag's new book, a startling reappraisal of the intersection of "information", "news," "art," and politics in the contemporary depiction of war and disaster, will forever alter our thinking about the uses and meanings of images in our world.

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Fremder Feind
War and society.
War photography Social aspects.
War in art Social aspects.
Photojournalism Social aspects.
Atrocities.
Violence.
Photography.
Journalism.
Social psychology.
War photography Psychological aspects.
War photography History.
War in mass media Social aspects.
War in mass media Psychological aspects.
Warfare
Psychology, Social
Guerre et société.
Photographie de guerre Aspect social.
Photographie de guerre Aspect psychologique.
Photographie de guerre Histoire.
Atrocités.
Guerre dans les médias Aspect social.
Guerre dans les médias Aspect psychologique.
Guerre dans l'art Aspect social.
Photographie de presse Aspect social.
Photographie.
Journalisme.
Psychologie sociale.
violence.
journalism.
social psychology.
War photography
Gewalt
Kultur
Fotografie
Bildpublizistik
Krieg
Oorlog.
Oorlogsfotografie.
Fotojournalistiek.
Sociale aspecten.
Filosofische aspecten.
Guerre Société.
Guerre Aspect social.
Guerre Dans l'art.
Photographie de presse.

History

Location: Library main 233200
Call No.: HM554 .S65 2003
Status: Available