DOI: 10.1177/17550882261499531 ISSN: 1755-0882

Shedding light on the links between benevolence and politics: Some answers

Frédéric Ramel

In this forum, I answer from four complementary angles to the stimulating comments formulated by Maggie FitzGerald, Richard Beardworth and Ariel Colonomos: first, the risks entailed by a political analysis grounded in benevolence; second, the ways in which politics and benevolence may be articulated most fruitfully; third, the sustaining political conditions of benevolence; and fourth, the prospects for benevolence within contemporary academic life.

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