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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Robbins, Bruce (1949-....)
Titre(s) : The beneficiary [Texte électronique] / Bruce Robbins
Publication : Durham : Duke University press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (x-189 p.)
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 155-176. Index
Reckoning with one's role in perpetuating systematic inequality, Bruce Robbins examines
the implications of a humanitarianism in which the prosperous are the both the cause
and the beneficiaries of the abhorrent conditions they seek to remedy ; From iPhones
and clothing to jewelry and food, the products those of us in the developed world
consume and enjoy exist only through the labor and suffering of countless others.
In his new book Bruce Robbins examines the implications of this dynamic for humanitarianism
and social justice. He locates the figure of the "beneficiary" in the history of humanitarian
thought, which asks the prosperous to help the poor without requiring them to recognize
their causal role in the creation of the abhorrent conditions they seek to remedy.
Tracing how the beneficiary has manifested itself in the work of George Orwell, Virginia
Woolf, Jamaica Kincaid, Naomi Klein, and others, Robbins uncovers a hidden tradition
of economic cosmopolitanism. There are no easy answers to the question of how to confront
systematic inequality on a global scale. But the first step, Robbins suggests, is
to acknowledge that we are, in fact, beneficiaries
Sujet(s) : Humanitarisme -- Philosophie
Justice sociale -- Philosophie
Égalité -- Philosophie
Droits de l'homme -- Philosophie
Indice(s) Dewey :
323 (23e éd.) = Droits civils et droits politiques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780822372172. - ISBN 0822372177. - ISBN 9780822370123 (erroné). - ISBN 0822370123
(erroné). - ISBN 9780822370215 (erroné). - ISBN 0822370212 (erroné)
EAN 9780822372172
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb458091062
Notice n° :
FRBNF45809106
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