The Public Defender: The Practice of Law in the Shadows of Repute. By Lisa J. McIntyre. University of Chicago Press, 1987. 199 pp. $24-95

Social Forces ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 964-965
Author(s):  
D. D. Landon
Keyword(s):  
Public Defender ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
The Public ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

Photography as a Small Language: Interview with Robert Hariman

2017 ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
Ilija Tomanić Trivundža ◽  
Robert Hariman
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Politics Of Representation ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
The Public ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

In the interview, Robert Hariman talks about his latest co-authored book The Public Image: Photography and Civic Spectatorship (University of Chicago Press, 2016), presenting the main argument that they put forward with John Louis Lucaites – that a paradigm shift is needed within the field of photographic theory in order to understand the changing social role of photography in contemporary societies. They argue for a redefinition of the medium’s “burden of representation”, embracing its limitations and treating it as a “small language”, firmly embedded within the notion of the vernacular. This move beyond simple politics of representation, he argues, should however not be apolitical. In fact, the paradigm shift is needed to re-politicise photography and therefore increase its political efficacy in the wake of unsustainability of the dominant neoliberal socio-economic order and the specific catastrophic idea of progress which it promotes. Keywords: capitalism, grimace, modernity, photography theory, progress, Robert Hariman

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