{"title":"Susie Linfield","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusie Linfield\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the powerful intersections of \u003cem\u003earts, culture\u003c\/em\u003e, and history, offering profound insights into the ways societies remember and represent conflict. Her works delve deeply into the moral and emotional dimensions of historical events, shedding light on the complex narratives that shape collective memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will encounter thought-provoking analyses enriched by a nuanced understanding of both \u003cem\u003emilitary history\u003c\/em\u003e and cultural expression. Linfield’s writing challenges perceptions and invites reflection on the ethical responsibilities of storytelling in the aftermath of trauma and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-lions-den-by-susie-linfield-9780300251845","title":"The Lions' Den","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lions' Den\u003c\/em\u003e offers a lively intellectual history that explores how prominent midcentury public intellectuals approached Zionism and then the State of Israel itself, including its conflicts with the Arab world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this vibrant narrative of the political Left, cultural critic Susie Linfield investigates how eight prominent twentieth-century intellectuals struggled with the philosophy of Zionism and subsequently with Israel and its regional conflicts. Structured as a series of interrelated portraits, the book combines the personal and the political, featuring philosophers, historians, journalists, and activists such as Hannah Arendt, Arthur Koestler, I. F. Stone, and Noam Chomsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough their engagement with Zionism, these influential thinkers also grappled with the twentieth century’s most crucial political dilemmas: socialism, nationalism, democracy, colonialism, terrorism, and anti-Semitism. In other words, by probing Zionism, they confronted the very nature of modernity and the often catastrophic histories of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy examining these leftist intellectuals, Linfield seeks to understand how the contemporary Left has become focused on anti-Zionism and how Israel itself has shifted toward rightward political stances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000791679212,"sku":"9780300251845","price":53.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24516193482294.jpg?v=1763305274"},{"product_id":"the-cruel-radiance-by-susie-linfield-9780226482514","title":"The Cruel Radiance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Cruel Radiance\u003c\/i\u003e, Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead, she argues passionately that looking at such images—and learning to \u003ci\u003esee\u003c\/i\u003e the people in them—is an ethically and politically necessary act that connects us to our modern history of violence and probes the human capacity for cruelty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrappling with critics from Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht to Susan Sontag and the postmoderns—and analysing photographs from such events as the Holocaust, China’s Cultural Revolution, and recent terrorist acts—Linfield explores the complex connection between photojournalism and the rise of human rights ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the book’s concluding section, she examines the indispensable work of Robert Capa, James Nachtwey, and Gilles Peress, and asks how photography should respond to the increasingly nihilistic trajectory of modern warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA bracing and unsettling book, \u003ci\u003eThe Cruel Radiance\u003c\/i\u003e convincingly demonstrates that if we hope to alleviate political violence, we must first truly understand it—and to do that, we must begin to look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599383838956,"sku":"9780226482514","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226482514-the-cruel-radiance.jpg?v=1777975729"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/susie-linfield.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}