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The Reputation of Philanthropy Since 1750: Britain and Beyond (Hardback)
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The Reputation of Philanthropy Since 1750: Britain and Beyond (Hardback)

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Hardback 232 Pages
Published: 13/03/2020
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Most people now associate philanthropy with donations of money by the rich to good causes. It has not always been so. The Reputation of Philanthropy explores how our modern definition came about and asks why praise for philanthropy and philanthropists has always been matched by criticism. Were we really capable of loving all of humankind? Was it possible that what was thought of as philanthropy might create a dependency class and do more harm than good? Was it sensible to focus so much on far away places to the neglect of the poor at home?
Deeply researched, timely and accessible, this book will inform today’s thinking about the role that philanthropy should play in British society. The criticisms of philanthropy in the past have telling echoes in the present.

Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9781526146380
Number of pages: 232
Weight: 503 g
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 14 mm


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'Cunningham’s historiography is a departure from traditionally written histories of individual philanthropists and offers the reader a more thorough contemplation of how contemporaries of their time viewed philanthropy. [...] Readers will do well to use this book as an opportunity to consider modern treatment of the terms of philanthropy, through news outlets and primarily, now through social media. What will historians of the future glean from Twitter feeds on modern discourses of philanthropy? Readers may be challenged by how little the conversation has changed since 1750: both a frustration and a curiosity. Cunningham’s historiography forces this reflection, sorely needed in a field often suffering a short memory.'Voluntas - .

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