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The Beneficiary /

From 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robbins, Bruce (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The starving child
  • You acquiesce in it: George Orwell on the system
  • A short history of commodity recognition
  • The nation-state as agent of cosmopolitanism
  • Naomi Klein's love story
  • Life will win
  • Conclusion: You can't handle the truth.