Privilegiets problem: Mellem den humanitære og den kyniske fornuft

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Privilegiets problem : Mellem den humanitære og den kyniske fornuft. / Sharma, Devika.

I: K&K. Kultur og Klasse, Bind 41, Nr. 116, 2013, s. 89-102.

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Sharma, D 2013, 'Privilegiets problem: Mellem den humanitære og den kyniske fornuft', K&K. Kultur og Klasse, bind 41, nr. 116, s. 89-102. <http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/kok/article/view/15892>

APA

Sharma, D. (2013). Privilegiets problem: Mellem den humanitære og den kyniske fornuft. K&K. Kultur og Klasse, 41(116), 89-102. http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/kok/article/view/15892

Vancouver

Sharma D. Privilegiets problem: Mellem den humanitære og den kyniske fornuft. K&K. Kultur og Klasse. 2013;41(116):89-102.

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Sharma, Devika. / Privilegiets problem : Mellem den humanitære og den kyniske fornuft. I: K&K. Kultur og Klasse. 2013 ; Bind 41, Nr. 116. s. 89-102.

Bibtex

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abstract = "In this article I explore a contemporary structure of feeling closely but ambivalently related to what moral anthropologist Didier Fassin has termed ”humanitarian reason”. I label this specific affective disposition {\textquoteleft}the predicament of privilege{\textquoteright}. In the first part of the article I relate the predicament of privilege to various critiques of humanitarianism for being a ”feeling culture” depoliticizing questions of inequality, justice and social conflict. The latter part of the article examines ”the predicament of privilege” by way of analyzing a recurring Danish TV-fundraiser in terms of the various ugly feelings represented, produced and circulated by this particular charity show. My overall suggestion is that we can hardly understand the affective-moral dimensions of globalization without exploring the cultural forms and social functions of the ugly, unprestigious and amoral feelings pertaining to being globally privileged: sentiments such as boredom, indifference, compassion fatigue, cynicism, bad conscience and sheer reluctance to engage emotionally in the ethical claims made on us.",
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