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Celebrity Humanitarianism
- The Ideology of Global Charity
Engelsk
Bogcover for Celebrity Humanitarianism af Ilan Kapoor, 9780415783392
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
160
ISBN-13:
9780415783392
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0415783399
Udg. Dato:
26 okt 2012
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,6 x 0,9
Serie:
Oplagsdato:
26 okt 2012
Forfatter(e):

Celebrity Humanitarianism

- The Ideology of Global Charity
Engelsk
Paperback 2012
Format:

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In the last two decades especially, we have witnessed the rise of ‘celebrity’ forms of global humanitarianism and charity work, spearheaded by entertainment stars, billionaires, and activist NGOs (e.g. Bob Geldof, Bono, Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Bill Gates, George Soros, Save Darfur, Medeçins Sans Frontières). This book examines this new phenomenon, arguing that celebrity humanitarianism legitimates, and indeed promotes, neoliberal capitalism and global inequality.

Drawing on Slavoj Žižek’s work, the book argues how celebrity humanitarianism, far from being altruistic, is significantly contaminated and ideological: it is most often self-serving, helping to promote institutional aggrandizement and the celebrity ‘brand’; it advances consumerism and corporate capitalism, and rationalizes the very global inequality it seeks to redress; it is fundamentally depoliticizing, despite its pretensions to ‘activism’; and it contributes to a ‘postdemocratic’ political landscape, which appears outwardly open and consensual, but is in fact managed by unaccountable elites.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
160
ISBN-13:
9780415783392
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0415783399
Udg. Dato:
26 okt 2012
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,6 x 0,9
Serie:
Oplagsdato:
26 okt 2012
Forfatter(e):
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