The Art of Cruelty

Name: The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
ISBN: 9780393072150

A Reckoning

Maggie Nelson, Tavia Gilbert

2011·288 pages·Nonfiction

Literary Fiction Science & Mind

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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.

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The Art of Cruelty

A Reckoning

Maggie Nelson, Tavia Gilbert

Year

2011

Pages

288

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Nonfiction

Literary Fiction Science & Mind

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