Table of Contents: Distant suffering :

Main Author:	Boltanski, Luc.
Format:	Book
Language:	English French
Published:	Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:	Cambridge cultural social studies
Subjects:	Suffering. Humanitarianism. Disasters > Social aspects. Suffering > Social aspects. Television broadcasting of news > Moral and ethical aspects. Souffrance. Sympathie. Participation sociale. Téléspectateurs > Attitudes. Humanitaire > Aspect moral. PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy. Massamedia. Rampen. Engagement. Humanitarisme. Catastrophes > Aspect social. Pitié. Médias > Aspect social.
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Table of Contents:

Preliminaries; 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.