{"product_id":"macmillan-publishers-regarding-the-pain-of-others-1","title":"Regarding The Pain of Others by Susan Sontag","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant, clear-eyed consideration of the visual representation of violence in our culture—its ubiquity, meanings, and effects.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConsidered one of the greatest critics of her generation, Susan Sontag followed up her monumental \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith an extended study of human violence, reflecting on a question first posed by Virginia Woolf in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Guineas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: How in your opinion are we to prevent war?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“For a long time some people believed that if the horror could be made vivid enough, most people would finally take in the outrageousness, the insanity of war.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the distinguishing features of modern life is that it supplies countless opportunities for regarding (at a distance, through the medium of photography) horrors taking place throughout the world. But are viewers inured—or incited—to violence by the depiction of cruelty? Is the viewer’s perception of reality eroded by the daily barrage of such images? What does it mean to care about the suffering of others far away?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e131 pages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 3\/8\" x 8 1\/4\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262667116849,"sku":"Books","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0065\/4842\/2709\/files\/goldenrulebooksnewfinals-7.jpg?v=1781283289","url":"https:\/\/shopgoldenrule.com\/products\/macmillan-publishers-regarding-the-pain-of-others-1","provider":"GOLDEN RULE GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}