{"product_id":"regarding-the-pain-of-others-susan-sontag","title":"Regarding the Pain of Others\nSusan Sontag","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegarding the Pain of Others is Susan Sontag's searing analysis of our numbed response to images of horror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A coruscating sermon on how we picture suffering' The New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the purpose of images of pain and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"element-background-basic-colors marker\" data-color=\"gelb-light\"\u003esuffering?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Can there be any real justification for the creation, and consumption, of such images?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this seminal volume, Susan Sontag examines the uses and meanings of images, from inspiring dissent to fostering violence to creating apathy. And through this lens she considers the nature of war, the limits of sympathy, and the obligations of conscience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A far-reaching set of ruminations [...] on what it means to be alive and alert in the twenty-first century' Independent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Sontag is on top form: devastating' Los Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Simple, elegant, fiercely persuasive' Metro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47712573096266,"sku":"","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/2E24FB2A-DCA4-4B9D-9343-FDE07CDC3DEB.webp?v=1709226356","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/regarding-the-pain-of-others-susan-sontag","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}