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The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence
Susie Linfield
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Description for The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence
Hardcover. Contending with critics from Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht to Susan Sontag and the postmoderns - and analyzing photographs from such events as the Holocaust, China's Cultural Revolution, and recent terrorist acts, the author explores the complex connection between photojournalism and the rise of human rights ideals. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
Since the early days of photography, critics have told us that photos of political violence - of torture, mutilation, and death - are exploitative, deceitful, even pornographic. To look at these images is voyeuristic; to turn away is a gesture of respect. With "The Cruel Radiance", Susie Linfield attacks those ideas head-on, arguing passionately that viewing such photographs - and learning to see the people in them - is an ethically and politically necessary act that connects us to our modern history of violence and probes our capacity for cruelty. Contending with critics from Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht to ... Read more
Since the early days of photography, critics have told us that photos of political violence - of torture, mutilation, and death - are exploitative, deceitful, even pornographic. To look at these images is voyeuristic; to turn away is a gesture of respect. With "The Cruel Radiance", Susie Linfield attacks those ideas head-on, arguing passionately that viewing such photographs - and learning to see the people in them - is an ethically and politically necessary act that connects us to our modern history of violence and probes our capacity for cruelty. Contending with critics from Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226482507
SKU
V9780226482507
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About Susie Linfield
Susie Linfield is associate professor of journalism at New York University, where she directs the Cultural Reporting and Criticism program. She has been an editor for American Film, the Village Voice, and the Washington Post and has written for a wide range of publications, including the Los Angeles Times Book Review, New York Times, Bookforum, Rolling Stone, and the Nation. ... Read more
Reviews for The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence
"This is a magnificent book. Susie Linfield has a good eye for the photographs and a good head for the politics. And she has the moral strength to look at these images of mutilation, death, and destruction, explain their value, and demand that we look at them, too." - Michael Walzer"