{"product_id":"regarding-the-pain-of-others-9780141012377","title":"Regarding the Pain of Others","description":"By: Susan Sontag     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRegarding the Pain of Others\u003c\/i\u003e is Susan Sontag's searing analysis of our numbed response to images of horror.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A coruscating sermon on how we picture suffering' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the purpose of images of pain and suffering? Can there be any real justification for the creation, and consumption, of such images?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this seminal volume, Susan Sontag examines the uses and meanings of images, from inspiring dissent to fostering violence to creating apathy. And through this lens she considers the nature of war, the limits of sympathy, and the obligations of conscience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A far-reaching set of ruminations [...] on what it means to be alive and alert in the twenty-first century' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sontag is on top form: devastating' \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Simple, elegant, fiercely persuasive' \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44456672821475,"sku":"DTRPRUK-9780141012377","price":111.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":49015164928227,"sku":"DTRMCUS-9781250374721","price":115.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/getimage_f28c3047-d643-4c33-9c1c-a64e8dc8396e.jpg?v=1735552035","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/products\/regarding-the-pain-of-others-9780141012377","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}