The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Philanthropy and Humanitarianism (Routledge International Handbooks)

Synopsis

This handbook builds a shared understanding of the troubling politics of philanthropy and the disturbing history and practices of humanitarianism. While historical work on philanthropy has long suggested a link between imperial rule and humanitarian aid, these insights have only recently been brought to bear on contemporary forms of giving. In this book, contributors link the long history of colonial philanthropy to current foundations and their programs in education, health, migrant care, and other social initiatives. They argue that both philanthropy and humanitarianism often function to consolidate market rule, consolidating and expanding liberal market rationalities of neoliberal entrepreneurialism to a widening population and set of institutions. Philanthropy and humanitarianism share a history, growing together out of modernist socio-economic relations and modes of imperial rule. However, the histories and contemporary politics of the two have not been brought together with such breadth or under such a critical lens before. Discussing philanthropy and humanitarianism together, combining both historical scope and contemporary iterations, highlights continuities and convergences—making the volume a unique introduction and critical overview of critical work in these sister-fields.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

316 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000837575

Related ISBNs:

9780367755034, 9781003162711, 9780367741044

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

02/28/23

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N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Reference, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Katharyne Mitchell

Edited by:

Polly Pallister-Wilkins