835 reviews for:

Regarding the Pain of Others

Susan Sontag

4.08 AVERAGE

jake95gill's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

juli_santa's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative fast-paced

pepusreads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

astralvirgo25's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

cecdex's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, War

anacristinapb's review against another edition

4.0

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Very insightful, and an easy read.

lucilita's review against another edition

4.0

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“ (…) aquellas atrocidades no eran las acciones de «bárbaros» sino el reflejo de un conjunto de creencias, el racismo, las cuales, al definir a un pueblo como menos humano que otro, legitiman la tortura y el asesinato. Pero quizá sí fueron bárbaros. Quizás así se nos aparecen los bárbaros. (Se parecen a todos los demás).
Señalado lo anterior, lo que es «bárbaro» para unos es el «sólo estoy haciendo lo que hacen todos los demás» para otros. (¿De cuántos podemos esperar que obrarán mejor?) La pregunta es: ¿a quién queremos culpar? Con más exactitud, ¿a quién creemos que tenemos derecho a culpar?”

chronicallyonline's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Really interesting read and a great introduction to Susan Sontag for me. I hope to come back to it later when I’m a bit smarter so I can process all of it better. I wonder how she would feel about this issue now, when cameras and the news are everywhere.

enya_mcardle's review against another edition

5.0

informative reflective fast-paced

suspiciouslampshade's review against another edition

2.0

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An incredibly dated book about images of warfare that itself lacks a single picture.