{"product_id":"the-civil-contract-of-photography-9781890951894","title":"The Civil Contract of Photography","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, Ariella Azoulay thoroughly revises our understanding of the ethical status of photography. It must, she insists, be understood in its inseparability from the many catastrophes of recent history. She argues that photography is a particular set of relations between individuals and the powers that govern them and, at the same time, a form of relations among equals that constrains that power. Anyone, even a stateless person, who addresses others through photographs or occupies the position of a photograph's addressee, is or can become a member of the citizenry of photography. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe crucial arguments of the book concern two groups that have been rendered invisible by their state of exception: the Palestinian noncitizens of Israel and women in Western societies. Azoulay's leading question is: Under what legal, political, or cultural conditions does it become possible to see and show disaster that befalls those with flawed citizenship in a state of exception? \u003ci\u003eThe Civil Contract of Photography\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential work for anyone seeking to understand the disasters of recent history and the consequences of how they and their victims are represented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAriella Azoulay teaches visual culture and contemporary philosophy at the Program for Culture and Interpretation, Bar Ilan University. She is the author of Once Upon A Time: Photography Following Walter Benjamin and Death's Showcase: The Power of Image in Contemporary Democracy (MIT Press, 2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607594242322,"sku":"9781890951894","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d3c8e92-f0bd-4f8e-85aa-79f7ded2787b.jpg?v=1732310604","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-civil-contract-of-photography-9781890951894","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}