Distant Suffering: Morality, Media and Politics [French]

by Luc Boltanski

Book Overview

Distant Suffering, first published in 1999, examines the moral and political implications for a spectator of the distant suffering of others as presented through the media. What are the morally acceptable responses to the sight of suffering on television, for example, when the viewer cannot act directly to affect the circumstances in which the suffering takes place? Luc Boltanski argues that spectators can actively involve themselves and others by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 0521659531
• ISBN13: 9780521659536
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"