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Susan Sontag : essays on the 1960s and 70s : against interpretation, styles of radical will, on photography, illness as a metaphor, uncollected essays / edited by David Rieff

This collection includes four complete works and six uncollected essays focusing on aesthetics, photography, and the cultural perception of illness. The volume provides a critical analysis of modern philosophy, media, and social transformations.

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