Distant Suffering : Morality ,Media and Politics. /Luc Boltanski.
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TextPublisher number: : International Book Distributors | : Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, Building No.-4405/2, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi.Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press , 1999Description: xviii,246p. : 24cmISBN: 9780521659536Subject(s): Philosophy | Ethics | SufferDDC classification: 179 BOL Summary: What is the morally acceptable response to images of starving children, bombed villages and mass graves brought to us by television? Luc Boltanski discusses the ways in which spectators have tried to respond to what they have seen and asks if there remains a place for pity in modern politics.
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What is the morally acceptable response to images of starving children, bombed villages and mass graves brought to us by television? Luc Boltanski discusses the ways in which spectators have tried to respond to what they have seen and asks if there remains a place for pity in modern politics.
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