Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag

Regarding the Pain of Others

Susan Sontag

128 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Twenty-five years after her classic On Photography, Susan Sontag returns to the subject of visual representations of war and violence in our culture today. How does the spectacle of the sufferings of others (via television or newspapers) affect us...

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informative 83%
reflective 80%
challenging 53%
dark 40%
emotional 16%
sad 12%
inspiring 10%
tense 7%
hopeful 2%
adventurous 1%

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slow 23%

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