Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag

Regarding the Pain of Others

Susan Sontag

131 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A brilliant, clear-eyed new consideration of the visual representation of violence in our culture--its ubiquity, meanings, and effectsWatching the evening news offers constant evidence of atrocity--a daily commonplace in our "society of spectacle....

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