LEADER 03293nam 22006612 450 001 9910455089003321 005 20160512153005.0 010 $a1-107-11365-2 010 $a0-511-00465-6 010 $a1-280-41860-5 010 $a0-511-17224-9 010 $a0-511-15036-9 010 $a0-511-31011-0 010 $a0-511-48940-4 010 $a0-511-05383-5 035 $a(CKB)111004366728404 035 $a(EBL)143893 035 $a(OCoLC)56726679 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140088 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11159894 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140088 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10029978 035 $a(PQKB)10056580 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511489402 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC143893 035 $a(PPN)183063929 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL143893 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10064304 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL41860 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366728404 100 $a20090227d1999|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDistant suffering $emorality, media, and politics /$fLuc Boltanski ; translated by Graham Burchell$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 246 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge cultural social studies 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-65953-1 311 $a0-521-57389-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-239) and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The politics of pity; 2 Taking sides; 3 The moral spectator; 4 The topic of denunciation; 5 The topic of sentiment; 6 The critique of sentimentalism; 7 The aesthetic topic; 8 Heroes and the accursed; 9 What reality has misfortune?; 10 How realistic is action?; Notes; Index 330 $aDistant Suffering, first published in 1999, examines the moral and political implications for a spectator of the distant suffering of others as presented through the media. What are the morally acceptable responses to the sight of suffering on television, for example, when the viewer cannot act directly to affect the circumstances in which the suffering takes place? Luc Boltanski argues that spectators can actively involve themselves and others by speaking about what they have seen and how they were affected by it. Developing ideas in Adam Smith's moral theory, he examines three rhetorical 'topics' available for the expression of the spectator's response to suffering: the topics of denunciation and of sentiment and the aesthetic topic. The book concludes with a discussion of a 'crisis of pity' in relation to modern forms of humanitarianism. A possible way out of this crisis is suggested which involves an emphasis and focus on present suffering. 410 0$aCambridge cultural social studies. 606 $aSuffering 615 0$aSuffering. 676 $a179 700 $aBoltanski$b Luc$0119556 702 $aBurchell$b Graham 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455089003321 996 $aDistant suffering$92465954 997 $aUNINA