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This chapter introduces readers to some of the essential ideas regarding spectacles and their basic components. It also introduces the concept of “spectacular morality”: how moral claims and understandings are carried and transmitted by spectacles. Through several case studies, it addresses some of the apparent successes and failures in spectacle production and reception.
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Lowe, B.M. (2018). Emergence of Spectacles. In: Moral Claims in the Age of Spectacles. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50241-4_1
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