Disquieting Gifts - Humanitarianism in New Delhi

Zusatztext "In a time when humanitarianism seems to have become a prerogative of the Western world, Erica Bornstein's inquiry into philanthropy in India opportunely provides novel insights on charity. Reappraising an object which has become a classic in anthropology since the pioneering study of Marcel Mauss, her rich ethnography reveals the complexity of the contemporary moral economies of the gift." Informationen zum Autor Erica Bornstein is Associate Professor of Anthropology at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is author of The Spirit of Development: Protestant NGOs, Morality, and Economics in Zimbabwe (Stanford, 2005). Klappentext Erica Bornstein is Associate Professor of Anthropology at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is author of The Spirit of Development: Protestant NGOs! Morality! and Economics in Zimbabwe (Stanford! 2005). Zusammenfassung This book looks closely at those who do humanitarian work in New Delhi to consider why people engage in humanitarian work and to urge a rethinking of giving and belonging in a global context.

Product details

• Authors: Erica Bornstein
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2012
• EAN: 9780804770026
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7002-6
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories