What We Talk About When We Talk About Philanthropy
Author(s)/Editors Bojana Radovanović Publisher Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade Published 2021 ISBN 978-86-80484-72-3 Pages 209 Edition What We Talk About When We Talk About...This book presents the history of the use of the term philanthropy and its contemporary understandings, examines why someone initiates or joins philanthropic activities, and provides a framework for understanding the social phenomenon of philanthropy. The author offers her own conception of this term and refutes the commonly narrow understanding of philanthropy, which equates it with charitable donations or the work of philanthropic organizations, showing that it is necessary to consider the numerous forms of philanthropy.