Describes how giving things other than just financial donations--including advice, hope, time, kindness, and attention--can enrich the lives of both the benefactor and the recipients.
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Going beyond the concept of financial donations, an inspirational, common-sense guide argues that the giving of kindness, ideas, advice, time, attention, skills, love, hope, touch, and other essentials can have a profound influence on and can enrich the lives, not only of the re…
Inequality in Britain is on the rise. Does this matter? Should we be bothered that the rich give proportionately much less than the poor? And that only a small minority of the very wealthy are giving generously? Ninety per cent of NHS trusts are restricting routine operations. Y…
Celebrity humanitarianism: the ideology of global charity
by Kapoor, Ilan
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Celebrity humanitarianism: the ideology of global charity
by Kapoor, Ilan
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"This book examines the new phenomenon of celebrity humanitarianism arguing that legitimates neoliberal capitalism and global inequality" "In the last two decades especially, we have witnessed the rise of 'celebrity' forms of global humanitarianism and charity work, spearheaded…
Celebrity humanitarianism: the ideology of global charity
by Kapoor, Ilan
fromInterventions
0
Type: Book
Celebrity humanitarianism: the ideology of global charity
by Kapoor, Ilan
fromInterventions
0
Type: Book
"In the last two decades especially, we have witnessed the rise of 'celebrity' forms of global humanitarianism and charity work, spearheaded by entertainment stars, billionaires, and activist NGOs (e.g. Bob Geldof, Bono, Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Bill Gates, George Soros, Save Da…
Erin McHugh had spent the better part of her adult life doing community work, but in more recent years, the minutiae of life and working as a bookseller kept her busy and away from those higher impulses. Then one day she learned a distant relative was actually going to be canoni…
For a couple of decades, Erin McHugh was very active doing community work, but in more recent years, she felt that she'd slipped away from those efforts. Around the time of this realisation, she also learned that a distant relative was going to be canonised. Could this be a sign…
Generosity as an alternative : is giving a challenge to the market logic? -- The genealogy of Islamic and Christian ethics : from renunciation and redistribution to interdependence -- The world-historical revolution in ethics : the dismantling of interdependence and the rise of …
Based on several years of fieldwork in Egypt and Turkey, Caring for the Poor tells the stories of charity providers and volunteers. The book also places their stories within the overall development of Islamic ethics. Muslim charity, Tuğal argues, has interacted with Christian an…
Reciprocity is a pervasive type of social interaction in encounters, groups and organizations. This volume gathers basic recent works in its main domains such as the theory of reciprocity, the public economics of transfers, the economics of the family, charities, gifts of organs…
