The art of cruelty : a reckoning
Nelson, Maggie , 1973-
The art of cruelty : a reckoning Reckoning / Maggie Nelson - 1st ed - New York : W.W. Norton & Co. , c2011 - 288 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Styles of imprisonment -- Theaters of cruelty -- Great to watch -- Catharsis, captivity -- Everything is nice -- They're only dolls -- The golden rule -- Nobody said no -- The brutality of fact -- Who we are -- A situation of meat -- Precariousness -- Inflicted -- Face -- Rings of action -- Rarer and better things.
Discusses whether the brutal imagery present in reality and entertainment will shock society into a less alienated state and help create a just social order or whether focusing on representations of cruelty makes society more cruel.
English
9780393072150
Cruelty in art
Art----Moral and ethical aspects
701 NEL
The art of cruelty : a reckoning Reckoning / Maggie Nelson - 1st ed - New York : W.W. Norton & Co. , c2011 - 288 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Styles of imprisonment -- Theaters of cruelty -- Great to watch -- Catharsis, captivity -- Everything is nice -- They're only dolls -- The golden rule -- Nobody said no -- The brutality of fact -- Who we are -- A situation of meat -- Precariousness -- Inflicted -- Face -- Rings of action -- Rarer and better things.
Discusses whether the brutal imagery present in reality and entertainment will shock society into a less alienated state and help create a just social order or whether focusing on representations of cruelty makes society more cruel.
English
9780393072150
Cruelty in art
Art----Moral and ethical aspects
701 NEL
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