Against Charity

Wark, Julie/ Raventós, Daniel

ISBN 10: 1849353042 / ISBN 13: 9781849353045

Published by A K Pr Distribution, 2018

150 pages. 7.75x4.75x0.75 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # xr1849353042

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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Against Charity
Publisher: A K Pr Distribution
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New