Against Charity ; (Counterpunch) - Softcover

Julie Wark; Daniel Raventos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849353042 ISBN 13: 9781849353045

Publisher: Ak Press, 2018

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Julie Wark: Julie Wark is an Australian/Spanish citizen, resident in Barcelona for twenty-seven years. She is a translator (Catalan/Spanish to English, literature, politics, philosophy), long-term human rights author/activist, and is on the editorial board of Sin Permiso. She is the author of The Human Rights Mainfesto (Zero Books).
Daniel Raventos: Daniel Raventos is a lecturer in Economics at the University of Barcelona and author of Basic Income: The Material Conditions of Freedom (Pluto Press, 2007). He is on the editorial board of the international political review Sin Permiso.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ak Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849353042
• ISBN 13: 9781849353045
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280