03938nam 2200985 a 450 991078178920332120200520144314.01-283-27857-X97866132785790-520-95048-810.1525/9780520950481(CKB)2550000000045398(EBL)763989(OCoLC)754581696(SSID)ssj0000537730(PQKBManifestationID)11340576(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537730(PQKBWorkID)10556774(PQKB)11083449(StDuBDS)EDZ0000083890(DE-B1597)520106(DE-B1597)9780520950481(Au-PeEL)EBL763989(CaPaEBR)ebr10496857(CaONFJC)MIL327857(MiAaPQ)EBC763989(dli)HEB33897(MiU) MIU01100000000000000001088(EXLCZ)99255000000004539820110317d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHumanitarian reason[electronic resource] a moral history of the present times /Didier Fassin ; translated by Rachel GommeBerkeley University of California Pressc20121 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27117-3 0-520-27116-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Politics -- pt. 2. Worlds.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 and contradictions in humanitarian government, he reveals the ambiguities confronting states and organizations as they struggle to deal with the intolerable. His critique of humanitarian reason, respectful of the participants involved but lucid about the stakes they disregard, offers theoretical and empirical foundations for a political and moral anthropology.Humanitarian assistanceMoral and ethical aspectsInternational reliefMoral and ethical aspectsasylum.case studies.disease.france.history of violence.humanitarian government.humanitarian organizations.humanitarianism.humanitarians.immigration policies.international relations.local policies.modern history.moral anthropology.moral discourse.moral history.moral issues.natural disasters.nonfiction.palestine.political discourse.poverty.social inequality.south africa.theoretical perspective.venezuela.war.Humanitarian assistanceMoral and ethical aspects.International reliefMoral and ethical aspects.174/.9361Fassin Didier719773Gomme Rachel1555335MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781789203321Humanitarian reason3817168UNINA