Description
| Product ID: | 9781849353045 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Against Charity |
| Authors: | Author: Daniel Raventos, Julie Wark |
| Page Count: | 280 |
| Subjects: | Poverty and precarity, Poverty & unemployment, Housing and homelessness, Social classes, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy, Politics and government, Housing & homelessness, Social classes, Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy, Politics & government |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Charity is not a gift. Gift-giving implies reciprocity, an ongoing relationship. When requital is impossible, the act of giving remains outside mutual ties and charity becomes yet another manifestation of class structure, a sterile one-way act upholding the status quo. Hoovering up all the profits thanks to a weak labour movement, lower taxes, and tax havens, the global elite then turn around and remake the world in their own image with charitable donations that speak more of mean-spiritedness than generosity. |
| Imprint Name: | AK Press |
| Publisher Name: | AK Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-04-05 |