Disquieting Gifts Humanitarianism in New Delhi

Name: Disquieting Gifts Humanitarianism in New Delhi
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ISBN: 9780804770026

ISBN-10: 0804770026

ISBN-13: 9780804770026

Edition: 2012

Authors: Erica Bornstein

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While most people would not consider sponsoring an orphan's education to be in the same category as international humanitarian aid, both acts are linked by the desire to give. Many studies focus on the outcomes of humanitarian work, but the impulses that inspire people to engage in the first place receive less attention.Disquieting Giftstakes a close look at people working on humanitarian projects in New Delhi to explore why they engage in philanthropic work, what humanitarianism looks like to them, and the ethical and political tangles they encounter.Motivated by debates surrounding Marcel Mauss'sThe Gift, Bornstein investigates specific cases of people engaged in humanitarian work to…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 5/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Prologue


Introduction



Philanthropy



Trust



Orphans



Experience



Empathy


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index