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Humanitarian Reason

Paperback • 2011 • English

Humanitarian Reason

By Didier Fassin

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About the book

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 ex...Show more

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ISBN

9780520271173

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Humanitarian Reason

Format

Paperback

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