Pro Bono?
Published on 28. August 2015
100 pages
978-1-78279-868-2 (ISBN)
Description
Pro Bono? discusses philanthropy not as a social or humanitarian practice but as an integrated part of present-day creative capitalism, having a direct relation to its growing inequality. The book investigates four expressions of philanthropy as ideology: consumer philanthropy, where we are asked to consume with good conscience; corporate philanthropy where businesses engage in social work and where philanthropic associations reengineer themselves to mimic corporations; billionaire philanthropy where conspicuous consumption is now being supplemented with conspicuous philanthropy; and finally celebrity philanthropy where now one of the hallmarks of a celebrity is the commitment to use that fame to do good.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Collective Ink
File size
1,81 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78279-868-2 (9781782798682)
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Person
Mikkel Thorup is an intellectual historian focusing on the political history of the present.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1. The Soul of Humankind under Philanthropic Capitalism
- 2. From Absurd to Ethical: What is Philanthropic Capitalism?
- 3. Capital Selves: Competition and Inequality
- 4. Charity Button: Consumer Philanthropy
- 5. 'Doing Good While Doing Great': Corporate Philanthropy
- 6. Think Like a Corporation! The Charitable-Industrial Complex
- 7. The Not-So-Secret Millionaire: Plutocharity
- 8. The World Is Watching: Celebrity Philanthropy
- 9. Lenders all: Microcredit and the Poor Entrepreneur
- 10. The Gospel of Inequality: Philanthrocapitalism
- 11. Ungrateful and disobedient
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
