Distant 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.
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評分讀過前幾章,不過現在沒有什麼興趣不打算讀完瞭。作者引用瞭Adam Smith的理論,區分瞭pity, compassion等等概念,其實是想探討我們需不需要,並且有沒有可能對那些和自己沒有什麼聯係的遠方的人産生共情。在圖像時代,我們每天能接觸到許多關於戰爭、殺戮和災難的新聞,但是我們越來越麻木,圖片也失去瞭“刺點”。這本書或許可以作為這個現象的注腳。
評分這本兩年前被我擱置的書終於用瞭兩周時間讀完瞭,中間昏睡過無數次。三觀盡毀,學術經脈打通之餘麵臨新一輪的混亂和重構。這就是學術帶來的最大樂趣,總在你自以為是的時候讓你時不時歸零重整。另外,我要學法語!沒法忍受英語翻譯對法國學術界的糟蹋瞭。
評分這本兩年前被我擱置的書終於用瞭兩周時間讀完瞭,中間昏睡過無數次。三觀盡毀,學術經脈打通之餘麵臨新一輪的混亂和重構。這就是學術帶來的最大樂趣,總在你自以為是的時候讓你時不時歸零重整。另外,我要學法語!沒法忍受英語翻譯對法國學術界的糟蹋瞭。
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