All Outputs (2)

Humanitarianism and modern culture (2010)
Book
Tester, K. (2010). Humanitarianism and modern culture. Penn State University Press

It seems paradoxical that in the West the predominant mode of expressing concern about suffering in the Third World comes through participation in various forms of popular culture-such as buying tickets to a rock concert like Live Aid in 1985-rather... Read More about Humanitarianism and modern culture.

Humanitarianism: The group charisma of postcolonial Britain (2010)
Journal Article
Tester, K. (2010). Humanitarianism: The group charisma of postcolonial Britain. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 13(4), 375-389. doi:10.1177/1367877910374787

This article argues that humanitarianism is a theme in the popular culture and politics of contemporary Britain which repays close analysis. Humanitarianism is identified as a strand of the 'social imaginary' through which conceptions of Britishness... Read More about Humanitarianism: The group charisma of postcolonial Britain.