ISBN:
9780520271166
,
9780520950481 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
353 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780520950481
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
174.9361
Keywords:
Konfliktforschung
;
Migration
;
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
In the face of the world's disorders, moral concerns have provided a powerful ground for developing international as well as local policies. Didier Fassin draws on case materials from France, South Africa, Venezuela, and Palestine to explore the meaning of humanitarianism in the contexts of immigration and asylum, disease and poverty, disaster and war. He traces and analyzes recent shifts in moral and political discourse and practices - what he terms "humanitarian reason"- and shows in vivid examples how humanitarianism is confronted by inequality and violence. Deftly illuminating the tensions...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Online-Ausg.: