The Philanthropy Reader
Editat de Michael Moody, Beth Breezeen Limba Engleză Hardback – sep 2026
Observăm că practica filantropică actuală evoluează într-un ritm fără precedent, depășind simpla donație financiară pentru a include capitalul social și talentele individuale. The Philanthropy Reader pornește de la un fapt istoric cert: de la aristocrații medievali și industriașii victorieni până la călugărițele braziliene sau miliardarii chinezi de astăzi, impulsul de a dărui a modelat societatea umană în mod constant. Această antologie masivă, structurată riguros pe secțiuni tematice, oferă cititorului acces la aproape 100 de texte seminale care definesc și chestionează scopul filantropiei.
Remarcăm organizarea logică a volumului, care debutează cu o analiză a importanței sectorului non-profit (Secțiunea 1.1) și avansează spre nuanțări teoretice esențiale, precum distincția dintre filantropie și altruism. Ca și Robert L. Payton în Understanding Philanthropy, editorii distilează experiența reală în principii acționabile, oferind o bază teoretică solidă pentru cei care doresc să înțeleagă de ce este nevoie de o filantropie „mai bună”. În timp ce The Routledge Companion to Philanthropy se concentrează pe transformările contemporane, această lucrare oferă o perspectivă mai amplă, ancorată istoric.
Poziționată în cariera lui Michael Moody ca o extensie a interesului său pentru impactul tehnologiei și al strategiilor asupra structurilor sociale — temă abordată și în The Dreadful Fury — această lucrare marchează o tranziție către analiza sistematică a sectorului non-profit. Volumul nu se rezumă la teorie, ci include studii de caz globale, transformând o disciplină adesea abstractă într-un instrument de lucru indispensabil pentru mediul academic și profesional.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1032790563
Pagini: 402
Ilustrații: 2
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 mm
Ediția:2
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Postgraduate and Undergraduate AdvancedDe ce să citești această carte
Această carte este resursa definitivă pentru oricine activează în sectorul non-profit, de la fundraiseri la consilieri de granturi. Cititorul va câștiga o înțelegere profundă a evoluției donării și a dezbaterilor etice actuale. Este un instrument esențial pentru studenții de la nivel licență și master care doresc să stăpânească complexitatea unei industrii care modelează viitorul societății civile la nivel global.
Despre autor
Michael Moody este cercetător principal la Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Cu o experiență vastă în analiza strategică, inclusiv patru ani ca asistent special al ambasadorului la misiunea S.U.A. la NATO, Moody își folosește rigoarea analitică pentru a explora structurile de putere și influență. Deși anterior s-a concentrat pe tehnologia militară și forțele convenționale în The Dreadful Fury, expertiza sa în politici publice și studii strategice îi permite să abordeze filantropia dintr-o perspectivă sistemică, transformând acest volum într-o referință academică de prim rang.
Descriere scurtă
Both global and interdisciplinary in its approach, this edition builds on the book’s established reputation as an essential resource for navigating the complex and varied dimensions of philanthropic practice. With over 100 extracts from key texts and major thinkers, this reader accurately and comprehensively covers a field that is growing in significance and expanding in scope. Readers will be well-equipped for thoughtful and nuanced engagement in philanthropic theory and practice through this book’s diverse material on core concepts, persistent challenges, incisive critiques and counter-critiques, and major debates and contemporary trends. In addition to the extracts curated into six sections, the editors provide both a general overview and individual section introductions that set the scene for studying and thinking about philanthropy, making this text invaluable for those teaching the subject.
Essential reading for students in philanthropy courses worldwide, this text will also be of interest to reflective practitioners across the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors including donors and grantmakers, advisers, fundraisers, and others.
Cuprins
Editors’ Introduction to Section 1
1.1 Why Philanthropy Matters
· Robert Payton and Michael Moody, “Taking Philanthropy Seriously”
· Philanthropy New York, “Key Contributions to Society by Philanthropic Foundations”
· Nathan Chappell, Brian Crimmins, and Michael Ashley, “What Would Happen if Everyone Stopped Giving?”
1.2 Complex Definitions
· Marty Sulek, “On the Classical and Modern Meanings of Philanthropy”
· Peter Frumkin, “Instrumental and Expressive Philanthropy”
· Elizabeth Lynn and D. Susan Wisely, “Four Traditions of Philanthropy”
· Alexis de Tocqueville, “Self-Interest Rightly Understood”
1.3 Debates Over Definitions
· Siobhan Daly, “Philanthropy as an Essentially Contested Concept”
· Dwight F. Burlingame, “Philanthropy is Not the Same as Altruism”
· Shariq Siddiqui, Rafeel Wasif, and Afshan Paarlberg, “A More Inclusive Definition in Muslim Philanthropic Traditions”
1.4 Different Lenses for Studying and Explaining Philanthropy
· James Andreoni, “The Economic Explanation of Philanthropy”
· Theodore M. Lechterman, Emma Saunders-Hastings, and Rob Reich, “Politics of Giving”
· Robert Wuthnow, “A Cultural Explanation of Compassion”
· René Bekkers and Pamala Wiepking, “Eight Mechanisms That Drive Charitable Giving”
· Shawn A. Rhoads and Abigail A. Marsh, “Doing Good and Feeling Good: Relationships Between Altruism and Well-being”
· Samir Okasha, “Biological Altruism”
Section 2: Philanthropy Across Time and Place
Editors’ Introduction to Section 2
2.1 Complex history
- Hugh Cunningham, “The Contentious and contended history of Western philanthropy”
- Kevin C. Robbins, “Philanthropy in historical perspective”
- Rhodri Davies, “Philanthropy or charity?: Models of giving from Ancient Greece to Silicon Valley”
2.2 Contested history
- Frank Prochaska, “Philanthropy as the history of organised kindness”
- Olivier Zunz, “Philanthropy as a quintessential part of being American”
- Thomas Adam, “Philanthropy was not invented in the USA”
- Anne O’Brien, “Colonialism and the development of philanthropy”
2.3 Variety and similarities across time and space
- Marco H. D. Van Leeuwen, “Giving by rich and poor during the Amsterdam Golden Age”
- Gertrude Himmelfarb, “Lessons from the 19th century: from Victorian virtues to modern values”
- Shauna Mottiar and Mvuselelo Ngcoya, “Philanthropy as sharing: Indigenous philanthropy challenging Western preconceptions”
- Pushpa Sundar, “Philanthropy in the building of modern India”
- Beth Breeze, “Philanthropy is always a product of its time”
2.4 Understanding philanthropy in a global context
- Tim Brodhead, Philanthropy in the era of globalisation
2.5 The Role of religion, race, gender, and geography
· Henrietta Grönlund & Anne Birgitta Pessi, “The influence of religion on philanthropy “
· Tamala Spicer, “Giving by donors of color in the US”
- Joan Marie Johnson, “Coercive philanthropy: why wealthy women funded feminism”
· John R. Bryson, Mark McGuinness, and Robert J. Ford, “The geography of philanthropy is not the same as the geography of need
Section 3: Being a Philanthropist – Callings and Critiques
Editors’ Introduction to Section 3
3.1 Why Should People Give – Religious and Secular Calls
- Pope Benedict XVI, “Charity as a Responsibility of the Church”
- Dalai Lama, “The Ethic of Compassion”
- Peter Singer, “The Life You Can Save”
- Michael Ignatieff, “The Needs of Strangers”
3.2 Classic Gospels of Giving
- Andrew Carnegie, “The Gospel of Wealth”
- John D. Rockefeller, “The Difficult Art of Giving”
- Tyrone McKinley Freeman, “Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving”
3.3. How Contemporary Donors Describe Their Journey
- Paul G. Schervish, “Why the Wealthy Give”
- Bill Gates, “Caring and Complexity”
- David Vélez and Mariel Reyes, “The Simple Logic of Using Wealth to Improve People’s Lives”
- James Chen, “Becoming a Moonshot Philanthropist”
- Sara Ojjeh, “A Next Gen Donor Finds Her Voice”
3.4 Critiques of Elite Donors
- Francie Ostrower,“Philanthropy, Prestige, and Status”
- Emma Saunders-Hastings, “Philanthropic Paternalism”
- Benjamin Soskis, “The Importance of Criticizing Philanthropy”
3.5 Debates about Relying on Philanthropists Versus Business or Government
- Jim Lacey, “Business is Better than Endowed Foundations”
- Karl Zinsmeister, “Fixing Problems via Philanthropy vs. Government”
- Polly Toynbee, “Thank Goodness the Poor Don’t Rely on Philanthropy”
- Sarah Reckhow, “When Philanthropists Fill a Government Vacuum”
Section 4: Philanthropists and Beneficiaries – A Complex Relationship
Editor’s Introduction to Section 4
4.1 Giving and receiving
- Aristotle, “On benefactors and beneficiaries”
- James S. Romm, “What Seneca said about giving and receiving”
- Moses Maimonides, “Eight levels of tzedakah (giving)”
- Emma Tieffenbach, “The gifting puzzle”
4.2 Philanthropy as gift or justice?
- David H. Smith, “Gifts are closer to the self than the demands of justice”
- Darren Walker, “From generosity to justice”
4.3 When philanthropic gifts go wrong
- Michael Moody, “Seek to do good, but do no harm”
- Jane Addams, “The subtle problems of charity”
- Halima Mahomed and Bhekinkosi Moyo, “Power and philanthropy in Africa”
4.4 Being a giver, being a recipient
- Susan A. Ostrander and Paul G. Schervish “Giving and getting”
- Julie Salamon, “A human exchange of equals in New York”
- Joanne B. Ciulla, “Can tainted money harm recipients?”
4.5 What is the right relationship between those who give and those who get?
- MacKenzie Scott, “Seeding by ceding”
- Marie-Stéphane Maradeix, Arthur Gautier, and Anne-Claire Pache, “Trust Based Philanthropy”
- Cynthia Gibson, Chris Cardona, Jasmine McGinnis Johnson, and David Suarez, “Participatory grantmaking”
- Alan Fowler and Susan Wilkinson-Maposa, “Horizontal philanthropy in southern Africa”
Section 5: Philanthropic Practices and Institutions
Editors’ Introduction to Section 5
5.1 The Practice of Asking, The Practice of Granting
· Henry A. Rosso, “A Philosophy of Fundraising”
· Booker T. Washington, “I Am Not a Beggar”
· Joel J. Orosz, “Humane Grantmaking”
5.2 Foundations – Roles and Critiques
· Joel L. Fleishman, “What Foundations Do”
· Helmut K. Anheier and Diana Leat, “The Creative Value of Foundations in a Democracy”
· Rob Reich, “Foundations as Oddities in a Democratic Society”
· Julius Rosenwald, “Against perpetual endowments”
5.3 New Models and Methods
· Lucy Bernholz, “Our Diverse Givingscape”
· Lester M. Salamon, “The Revolution on the Frontiers of Philanthropy”
· Mark R. Kramer, “Catalytic Philanthropy”
· Christina Daniken and Anna Pruitt, “Millennials and Gen Z Are Giving in Distinctive Ways”
· Adriana Loson-Ceballos and Michael Layton, “Collective Giving is Democratizing and Diversifying Philanthropy”
· Bertram Lang, “The Internet Philanthropy Boom in China”
· Ravit Dotan, “Responsible AI and Philanthropy”
5.4 Blurring Boundaries with Business
· Emily Barman, “Caring Capitalism”
· Thomas W. Dunfee, “The Legitimacy of Corporate Philanthropy”
· Emily Rosenman, “A Critical Perspective on Global Impact Investing”
· Dana Brakman Reiser and Steven A. Dean, “The Danger of For-Profit Philanthropy”
Section 6: Debates About Making Philanthropy Better
Editors’ Introduction to Section 6
6.1 Debates on the role, purpose, and impact of philanthropy
- David A. Campbell, Susan Appe and Matthew J. Rozansky, “Debates on the role of philanthropy in civic life”
- Beth Breeze, “The need to defend philanthropy”
- Edgar Villanueva, “Money as medicine: seven steps to healing”
6.2 On philanthropic decision making
- Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon, “To Give is to Choose”
- Paul M. Connolly, “Balancing the Head and Heart in Philanthropy”
6.3 The right relationship between capitalism and philanthropy
- Matthew Bishop and Michael Green, “How philanthrocapitalists can solve big problems”
- Michael Edwards, “Businesslike philanthropy is the Emperor’s new clothes”
- Amy Schiller, “Philanthropy offsets the ruthlessness of the market”
6.4 How do we know if philanthropy does any good?
- Michael Hobbes, “The Problem with Big Ideas”
- William MacAskill, “Effective altruism helps us work out how to do the most good”
- William Schambra, “The Emerging Threat of Effective Altruism”
6.5 Thinking about doing good better
- Eric Friedman, “Philanthropy is Broken – Here’s How to Fix It”
- Phil Buchanan, “An optimist’s guide to doing giving right”
- Thomas J. Tierney and Joel L. Fleishman, “From Aspirations to Impact”
- Carmen Rojas, “Engaging with race, class, and gender to seed a more just future”
Sources and Copyright Information
Index
Recenzii
David Campbell, Professor, Binghamton University
“Whether you're studying philanthropy, working as a practitioner, or acting as an individual donor, this generously updated edition of the Reader will provide the intellectual grounding and tangible examples to help you advance your own thinking and practice. This is the resource you'll return to again and again when easy answers aren't enough.”
Gemma Bull and Tom Steinberg, Co-Directors and Authors of Modern Grantmaking
“Building on its established role as a must-have compendium on philanthropy, the new edition includes vital additions that both reflect and illuminate our turbulent times”
Amir Pasic, Dean, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University Indianapolis
Notă biografică
Beth Breeze is a philanthropy scholar and writer who is now Principal of Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford.