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3842450Regarding the Pain of Othershttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/regarding-the-pain-of-others-9780141914954/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2501005/36601527-b6c9-4ad1-bc7c-0e68ff628888.jpg?v=638384061872400000203231MXNPenguin Books LtdInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong><em>Regarding the Pain of Others</em> is Susan Sontags searing analysis of our numbed response to images of horror.</strong></p><p>From Goyas Disasters of War to news footage and photographs of the conflicts in Vietnam, Rwanda and Bosnia, pictures have been charged with inspiring dissent, fostering violence or instilling apathy in us, the viewer. Regarding the Pain of Others will alter our thinking not only about the uses and meanings of images, but about the nature of war, the limits of sympathy, and the obligations of conscience.</p><p>Powerful, fascinating. Sontag is our outstanding contemporary writer in the moralist tradition<em>Sunday Times</em></p><p>A coruscating sermon on how we picture suffering<em>The New York Times</em></p><p>A far-reaching set of ruminations on human suffering, the nature of goodness, the lures, deceptions and truth of images . . . in short, a summary of what it means to be alive and alert in the twentieth century<em>Independent</em></p><p>Sontag is on top form: firing devastating questions<em>Los Angeles Times</em></p><p>Simple, elegant, fiercely persuasive<em>Metro</em></p><p>One of Americas best-known and most admired writers, Susan Sontag was also a leading commentator on contemporary culture until her death in December 2004. Her books include four novels and numerous works of non-fiction, among them <em>Regarding the Pain of Others</em>, <em>On Photography</em>, <em>Illness as Metaphor</em>, <em>At the Same Time</em>, <em>Against Interpretation and Other Essays</em> and <em>Reborn: Early Diaries 1947-1963</em>, all of which are published by Penguin. A further eight books, including the collections of essays <em>Under the Sign of Saturn</em> and <em>Where the Stress Falls</em>, and the novels <em>The Volcano Lover</em> and <em>The Benefactor</em>, are available from Penguin Modern Classics.</p>...3778181Regarding the Pain of Others203231https://www.gandhi.com.mx/regarding-the-pain-of-others-9780141914954/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2501005/36601527-b6c9-4ad1-bc7c-0e68ff628888.jpg?v=638384061872400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139780141914954_W3siaWQiOiIyZDc2ZDJhMy1lYTZlLTQ5NjctOTE0Mi00MzgyZDAyZDA0NmMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIxNywiZGlzY291bnQiOjI2LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE5MSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTEtMDlUMDU6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI0LTExLTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiI1YjJiMzQ4NS0zOGQyLTRkOTAtODA3NC02NzIwOTdiMGI3OWIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIzNCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjI4LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIwNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780141914954_<p><strong><em>Regarding the Pain of Others</em> is Susan Sontags searing analysis of our numbed response to images of horror.</strong></p><p>From Goyas Disasters of War to news footage and photographs of the conflicts in Vietnam, Rwanda and Bosnia, pictures have been charged with inspiring dissent, fostering violence or instilling apathy in us, the viewer. Regarding the Pain of Others will alter our thinking not only about the uses and meanings of images, but about the nature of war, the limits of sympathy, and the obligations of conscience.</p><p>Powerful, fascinating. Sontag is our outstanding contemporary writer in the moralist tradition<em>Sunday Times</em></p><p>A coruscating sermon on how we picture suffering<em>The New York Times</em></p><p>A far-reaching set of ruminations on human suffering, the nature of goodness, the lures, deceptions and truth of images . . . in short, a summary of what it means to be alive and alert in the twentieth century<em>Independent</em></p><p>Sontag is on top form: firing devastating questions<em>Los Angeles Times</em></p><p>Simple, elegant, fiercely persuasive<em>Metro</em></p><p>One of Americas best-known and most admired writers, Susan Sontag was also a leading commentator on contemporary culture until her death in December 2004. Her books include four novels and numerous works of non-fiction, among them <em>Regarding the Pain of Others</em>, <em>On Photography</em>, <em>Illness as Metaphor</em>, <em>At the Same Time</em>, <em>Against Interpretation and Other Essays</em> and <em>Reborn: Early Diaries 1947-1963</em>, all of which are published by Penguin. A further eight books, including the collections of essays <em>Under the Sign of Saturn</em> and <em>Where the Stress Falls</em>, and the novels <em>The Volcano Lover</em> and <em>The Benefactor</em>, are available from Penguin Modern Classics.</p>9780141914954_Penguin Books Ltdlibro_electonico_3f3f8ece-6ae3-3cae-8572-f3ff3b2c4ad3_9780141914954;9780141914954_9780141914954Susan SontagInglésMéxico2013-12-05T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Books Ltd