Regarding the Pain of Others - Hardcover

Sontag, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241142075 ISBN 13: 9780241142073

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 2003

Synopsis

'Probably the most intelligent woman in America' Jonathan Miller

A startling reappraisal of the intersection of information, news, art, and politics in the contemporary depiction of war and disaster.

In her first full-scale investigation of the role of imagery in our culture since her classic book ON PHOTOGRAPHY defined the terms of the debate 25 years ago, Sontag cuts through circular arguments about how pictures can inspire dissent or foster violence. She takes a fresh look at the representation of atrocity -- from Goya's THE DISASTERS OF WAR to contemporary horrific images of Rwanda, Sarajevo and New York on September 11th 2001 -- and challenges our thinking about the uses and meanings of images in our world.

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Review:

'Probably the most intelligent woman in America' Jonathan Miller

Synopsis:

In this reappraisal of the intersection of information, news, art and politics in the contemporary depiction of war and disaster, Susan Sontag, one of the most respected writers in the US, cuts through circular arguments about the role of imagery in contemporary Western culture. Taking up the subject from her 1977 book "On Photography", she disusses how pictures can inspire dissent or foster violence. She examines the representation of atrocity from a contemporary viewpoint - from Goya's "The Disasters of War", to horrific images of Rwanda, Sarajevo and New York on September 11, 2001 - and challenges our thinking about the uses and meanings of images in our world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0241142075
• ISBN 13: 9780241142073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128