Articles: Philanthropy by George McCully
Analysis of the current technological transformation of American culture by AI, the threat of rad... more Analysis of the current technological transformation of American culture by AI, the threat of radical robotization, the responsive strategy of desecularization, and the potential leadership role of classical American philanthropy in that process.
This is a major contribution to philanthropic studies—thoroughly researched and documented, clear... more This is a major contribution to philanthropic studies—thoroughly researched and documented, clearly narrated and argued, and illuminating a main theme in the history of twentieth century American philanthropy: its development in civil society. Within those limits, this will be recognized as the standard, authoritative account for some time to come. Beyond those, however—contextually—is where the greater, more profound and influential, history will ultimately be discovered.
Scholars and practitioners in philanthropy today can choose between two fundamentally alternative... more Scholars and practitioners in philanthropy today can choose between two fundamentally alternative historical perspectives on what we are all doing: either to accept the conventional, primarily social-scientific, view oriented around the IRS’ concept of “nonprofits” and a “nonprofit sector”; or to accept the findings of recent research focusing instead on the long humanistic, ultimately Classical, tradition of “philanthropy”, revived in the Renaissance and flourishing in the Enlightenment, explicitly informing the founding of our nation and today being revived again, to recover our uniquely American culture of philanthropy.
ARNOVA Convention Paper, 2018
This article has four parts: to analyze the recent history of American philanthropy from a paradi...
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Articles: Philanthropy by George McCully