{"product_id":"the-beneficiary-paperback","title":"The Beneficiary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom iPhones and clothing to jewelry and food, the products those of us in the developed world consume and enjoy exist only through the labor and suffering of countless others. In his new book Bruce Robbins examines the implications of this dynamic for humanitarianism and social justice. He locates the figure of the \"beneficiary\" in the history of humanitarian thought, which asks the prosperous to help the poor without requiring them to recognize their causal role in the creation of the abhorrent conditions they seek to remedy. Tracing how the beneficiary has manifested itself in the work of George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Jamaica Kincaid, Naomi Klein, and others, Robbins uncovers a hidden tradition of economic cosmopolitanism. There are no easy answers to the question of how to confront systematic inequality on a global scale. But the first step, Robbins suggests, is to acknowledge that we are, in fact, beneficiaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce Robbins is Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and the author and editor of several books, including\u003ci\u003e Perpetual War: Cosmopolitanism from the Viewpoint of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press, and \u003ci\u003eUpward Mobility and the Common Good: Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State\u003c\/i\u003e. Robbins has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335347716345,"sku":"9780822370215","price":50.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Rms2WS93b2xsRmR3QlZYc3QyL1FPUT09.webp?v=1769658095","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-beneficiary-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}