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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451595303321

Titolo

Ethics and images of pain / / edited by AsbjØrn GrØnstad and Henrik Gustafsson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-66119-4

9786613638120

1-136-45306-7

0-203-12590-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in art and visual studies ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

GrØnstadAsbjØrn

GustafssonHenrik

Disciplina

700.453

700/.453

701

Soggetti

Art - Moral and ethical aspects

Mass media - Moral and ethical aspects

Pain in art

Pain in mass media

Pain in the performing arts

Performing arts - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Ethics and Images of Pain; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; PART I: From Voyeurism to Visual Politics; 1. Do Not Look at Y/Our Own Peril: Voyeurism as Ethical Necessity, or To See as a Child Again; 2. Associates in Crime and Guilt; 3. Painful Photographs: From the Ethics of Spectatorship to Visual Politics; PART II: Looking In, Looking Away; 4. The Violence of the Documentary Image: Errol Morris's Standard Operating Procedure

5. Visual Irruptions, Mediated Suffering, and the Robert Dziekanski Tragedy: An Inquiry into the Effi cacy of the Image6. Tuning Out, Turning In, and Walking Off : The Film Spectator in Pain; PART III:



Performances; 7. Imaging Pain; 8. The Unsettling Moment: On Mathilde ter Heijne's Suicide Trilogy; 9. Gulag Follies; PART IV: Mimetic and Mnemonic Frames; 10. Imag(in)ing Painful Pasts: Mimetic and Poetic Style in War Films; 11. The Sanctifi ed Fallen: The War Film as Witness; 12. Medical Horror: Visual Documents From the History of Lobotomy; Contributers; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Few phenomena are as formative of our experience of the visual world as displays of suffering. But what does it mean to have an ethical experience of disturbing or traumatizing images? What kind of ethical proposition does an image of pain mobilize? How may the spectator learn from and make use of the painful image as a source of ethical reflection? Engaging with a wide range of visual media--from painting, theatre, and sculpture, to photography, film, and video--this interdisciplinary collection of essays by leading and emerging scholars of visual culture offers a reappraisal of the increasin

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782941503321

Titolo

Balance of payments adjustment [[electronic resource] ] : macro facets of international finance revisited / / edited by Augustine C. Arize ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2000

ISBN

1-56750-701-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

Contributions in economics and economic history, , 0084-9235 ; ; no. 203

Altri autori (Persone)

ArizeAugustine C

Disciplina

382/.17

Soggetti

Balance of payments

Keynesian economics

Chicago school of economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-235]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Introduction""; ""A Theoretical Review of the Keynesian and Monetary Approaches to the Balance of Payments""; ""Full Employment, Balance of Payments and Adjustments



in Unified (Fixed) Exchange Rate Regimes""; ""A Survey of the Monetary Approach to International Finance""; ""An Empirical Review of the Keynesian and Monetary Theories to the Balance of Payments""; ""Empirical Evidence for the Traditional Approach to the Capital Account""; ""The Traditional Theory to the Current Account: An Empirical Examination""

""Empirical Evidence for the Monetary Approach to Balance of Payments Adjustments""""Criticisms of the Keynesian and Monetary Views of Balance of Payments Determination""; ""A Critique of the Traditional Approach to International Finance""; ""The Monetary Theory of the Balance of Payments: A Retrospective Analysis""; ""A Theoretical Comparison of the Keynesian and Monetary Theories to the Balance of Payments""; ""Keynesian and Monetary Approaches to the Balance of Payments""; ""Empirical Comparisons of the Keynesian and Monetary Theories of Balance of Payments Determination""

""International Adjustment for Kenya: The Relevance of the Traditional and Monetary Approaches""""A Comparison of the Monetary and Traditional Approaches to International Competitiveness""; ""The Keynesian and Monetary Approaches to International Accounts Adjustment: Some Heuristics for Germany""; ""The Role of Exogeneity, Causality and Exchange- Rate Volatility in the Modeling of U. S. Export- Demand Function: Some New Evidence""; ""A Review of the Theoretical Literature on Exchange Rate Determination""

""The Traditional Approach to Balance of Payments Adjustment under Flexible Exchange Rates""""Doctrinal Views on Exchange Rate Determination: An Eclectic Approach""; ""Empirical Evidence on Exchange Rate Determination""; ""Recent Evidence on the Determinants of Foreign Exchange Rates""; ""A Re-examination of the Monetary Approach to the Exchange Rate: A Long- Run Approach""; ""Conclusion""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Editors and Contributors""