The link between media and the emergence of humanitarian consciousness is what distinguishes the book under review here. Focusing on the communication techniques used to represent distant suffering, and especially to generate solidarity between the spectator and the suffering subject, what we may call with Richard Wilson and Richard Brown “the mobilization of empathy,” Lilie Chouliaraki’s The Ironic Spectator: Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism represents significant advances in our understanding of contemporary humanitarianism, and they provide order to a dizzying array of case studies and several theoretical approaches.
P. Musarò (2013). Chouliaraki L., 2012, The Ironic Spectator. Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism. SOCIOLOGIA DELLA COMUNICAZIONE, 45, 133-137.
Chouliaraki L., 2012, The Ironic Spectator. Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism
MUSARO', PIERLUIGI
2013
Abstract
The link between media and the emergence of humanitarian consciousness is what distinguishes the book under review here. Focusing on the communication techniques used to represent distant suffering, and especially to generate solidarity between the spectator and the suffering subject, what we may call with Richard Wilson and Richard Brown “the mobilization of empathy,” Lilie Chouliaraki’s The Ironic Spectator: Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism represents significant advances in our understanding of contemporary humanitarianism, and they provide order to a dizzying array of case studies and several theoretical approaches.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
