LEADER 05064nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910806937303321 005 20230821100852.0 010 $a9780801460616 (eBook) 010 $a0801460611 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801460616 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035281 035 $a(OCoLC)732957182 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10468079 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536200 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11965772 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536200 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10549230 035 $a(PQKB)11667134 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138200 035 $a(OCoLC)1016790726 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58313 035 $a(DE-B1597)494853 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801460616 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138200 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468079 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL767978 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035281 100 $a20100930d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe empire of humanity$b[electronic resource] $ea history of humanitarianism /$fMichael Barnett 210 $aIthaca [N.Y.] $cCornell University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a9780801478796 (Paperback) 311 0 $a0801478790 311 0 $a9780801447136 (Hardback) 311 0 $a0801447135 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCo-dependence : humanitarianism and the world -- The humanitarian big bang -- Saving slaves, sinners, savages, and societies -- Saving soldiers and civilians during war -- The new international -- Neo-humanitarianism -- Humanitarianism during wartime -- It's a humanitarian's world -- Armed for humanity -- Politics and anti-politics, or, The new paternalism. 330 $aEmpire of Humanity explores humanitarianism's remarkable growth from its humble origins in the early nineteenth century to its current prominence in global life. In contrast to most contemporary accounts of humanitarianism that concentrate on the last two decades, Michael Barnett ties the past to the present, connecting the antislavery and missionary movements of the nineteenth century to today's peacebuilding missions, the Cold War interventions in places like Biafra and Cambodia to post-Cold War humanitarian operations in regions such as the Great Lakes of Africa and the Balkans; and the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1863 to the emergence of the major international humanitarian organizations of the twentieth century. Based on extensive archival work, close encounters with many of today's leading international agencies, and interviews with dozens of aid workers in the field and at headquarters, Empire of Humanity provides a history that is both global and intimate.Avoiding both romanticism and cynicism, Empire of Humanity explores humanitarianism's enduring themes, trends, and, most strikingly, ethical ambiguities. Humanitarianism hopes to change the world, but the world has left its mark on humanitarianism. Humanitarianism has undergone three distinct global ages-imperial, postcolonial, and liberal-each of which has shaped what humanitarianism can do and what it is. The world has produced not one humanitarianism, but instead varieties of humanitarianism. Furthermore, Barnett observes that the world of humanitarianism is divided between an emergency camp that wants to save lives and nothing else and an alchemist camp that wants to remove the causes of suffering. These camps offer different visions of what are the purpose and principles of humanitarianism, and, accordingly respond differently to the same global challenges and humanitarianism emergencies. Humanitarianism has developed a metropolis of global institutions of care, amounting to a global governance of humanity. This humanitarian governance, Barnett observes, is an empire of humanity: it exercises power over the very individuals it hopes to emancipate.Although many use humanitarianism as a symbol of moral progress, Barnett provocatively argues that humanitarianism has undergone its most impressive gains after moments of radical inhumanity, when the "international community" believes that it must atone for its sins and reduce the breach between what we do and who we think we are. Humanitarianism is not only about the needs of its beneficiaries; it also is about the needs of the compassionate. 606 $aHumanitarian intervention$xHistory 606 $aHumanitarian assistance$xHistory 606 $aHumanitarianism$xHistory 615 0$aHumanitarian intervention$xHistory. 615 0$aHumanitarian assistance$xHistory. 615 0$aHumanitarianism$xHistory. 676 $a361.2/6 686 $a8$2ssgn 700 $aBarnett$b Michael N.$f1960-$0478620 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806937303321 996 $aThe empire of humanity$94057863 997 $aUNINA