{"product_id":"9783031801341","title":"Critique of the Victim","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCritique of the Victim\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDaniele Giglioli | Sean Mark\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book critiques the victim paradigm that occupies a central place in today’s world. As being a victim, or a self-proclaimed defender of victims, is a source of power today, one which grants privilege, an audience, and freedom to act beyond criticism, a critique of the victim appears more necessary than ever. In this stirring polemic, Daniele Giglioli investigates the origins of the ideology of the victim, and its consolidation as a strategy that divides society into offenders and innocents, victims and perpetrators, at the expense of solidarity and political agency. It’s important to note that this critique does not entail blaming actual victims, nor investigating who is or is not a real victim, unmasking those who falsely claim to be; critique here is intended in the Kantian sense, of defining and delimiting how to talk legitimately about the condition and uses of victimhood today. It interrogates, in other words, what being a victim entails and the power that comes with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniele Giglioli teaches Comparative Literature at the University of Trento. His publications include: \u003cem\u003eIl pedagogo e il libertino\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eAll’ordine del giorno è il terrore\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), \u003cem\u003eSenza trauma\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), \u003cem\u003eCritica della vittima\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eStato di minorità\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), \u003cem\u003eTema\u003c\/em\u003e (2023). His work has been translated into several languages and he writes for \u003cem\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 February 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031801341\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e73\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51033118998668,"sku":"9783031801341","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031801341.jpg?v=1782488008","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031801341","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}