Invisibilization of Suffering The Moral Grammar of Disrespect
“Suffering has seldom been recognized, much less theorized by social scientists. Yet it points to a crucial dimension of what drives human beings. By rereading a canon of critical theory from Adorno to Honneth, Benno Herzog presents us with an innovative
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Invisibilization of Suffering
Benno Herzog
Invisibilization of Suffering The Moral Grammar of Disrespect
Benno Herzog University of Valencia Valencia, Spain
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To all debased, enslaved, abandoned, despicable beings.
Preface
Recently, references to invisibility seem to be omnipresent in the cultural, political and academic fields. Those who frequent museums of modern art will have noticed a growing number of expositions that treat the topic of invisibility; this month, I found in my hometown a whole art festival, including dancing, architecture and several workshops, pertaining to the umbrella topic of invisibility. Additionally, at my university this month, an event took place on the invisibility of the LGBT collective, and another event took place on the invisibility of lesbian love. A few days ago, a colleague bestowed upon me a book, the cover of which was a painting from a series called “Door to the Invisible.” The book was about design and lamented the invisibility of design in the field of aesthetics. In addition, while reading the newspaper this weekend, I came across an interview with a journalist who noted the problem of the invisibilization of female and lower-class experts in the media. Many more examples could be provided in which invisibility is used as a new key term for describing situations of all types of social problems related to inequality, marginalization and exclusion. What all these usages
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