Aporophobia: Why We Reject the Poor Instead of Helping Them

by Adela Cortina

Book Overview

Why "aporophobia"--rejection of the poor--is one of the most serious problems facing the world today, and how we can fight it

In this revelatory book, acclaimed political philosopher Adela Cortina makes an unprecedented assertion: the biggest problem facing the world today is the rejection of poor people. Because we can't recognize something we can't name, she proposes the term "aporophobia" for the pervasive exclusion, stigmatization,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691205523
• ISBN13: 9780691205526
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"