Capitalist Humanitarianism Hulsether Lucia
Capitalist Humanitarianism Hulsether Lucia The struggle against neoliberal order has gained momentum over the last five decades, to the point that economic elites have not only adapted to Left…
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Capitalist Humanitarianism Hulsether Lucia
The struggle against neoliberal order has gained momentum over the last five decades, to the point that economic elites have not only adapted to Left critiques--but incorporated them for capitalist expansion. Banks pitch microloans as a path to indigenous self-determination. Venture funds expose their ties to slavery and pledge to invest in racial equity.
In Capitalist Humanitarianism Lucia Hulsether examines these projects and the contexts of their emergence. Fair-trade brands narrate consumption as an act of feminist solidarity with women artisans in the global South. Blending historical and ethnographic styles, and traversing intimate and global scales, Hulsether tracks how neoliberal self-critique creates new institutional hegemonies that, in turn, reproduce racial and neocolonial dispossession.
From the archives of Christian fair traders to luxury social entrepreneurship