{"product_id":"against-charity-julie-wark-9781849353045","title":"Against Charity","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharity is not a gift. Gift-giving implies reciprocity, an ongoing relationship. When requital is impossible, the act of giving remains outside mutual ties and charity becomes yet another manifestation of class structure, a sterile one-way act upholding the status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVacuuming up all the profits thanks to a weak labor movement, lower taxes, and tax havens (thanks, lobbyists and loathsome politicians ), the global elite then turn around and remake the world in their own image with charitable donations that speak more of mean-spiritedness than generosity. Postmodern versions of nineteenth-century charity aim to keep wealth and power in a few hands, mocking our desire for greater income equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Ravent s and Julie Wark argue for an unconditional universal basic income above the poverty line and paid for by progressive taxation to both eradicate poverty and empower recipients--the result being the human right of material existence. The burning issue is not charity but justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Ravent s\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBasic Income: The Material Conditions of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e. He is on the editorial board of the international political review \u003ci\u003eSin Permiso\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Wark\u003c\/b\u003e, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Human Rights Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eSin Permiso\u003c\/i\u003e, and lives in Barcelona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Wark, Daniel Ravent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849353042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849353045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AK Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Julie Wark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075084939519,"sku":"9781849353045","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e17dc678-2e88-4eec-a64d-458329ed3a10.jpg?v=1685457518","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/against-charity-julie-wark-9781849353045","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}