Humanitarian Reason
Subtitle: A Moral History of the Present Time
By: Didier Fassin ; translated by Rachel Gomme
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780520271166; 9780520271173
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Humanitarian assistance; International relief; Moral and ethical aspects
Work titles: Raison humanitaire
First sentence: Moral sentiments have become an essential force in contemporary politics: they nourish its discourses and legitimize its practices, particularly where these discourses and practices are focused on the disadvantaged and the dominated, whether at home (the poor, the immigrants, the homeless) or farther away (the victims of famine, epidemics, or war).
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-324) and index.
Table of contents: label: Preface to the English Edition
title: xi; label: Acknowledgements
title: xiii; label: Introduction: Humanitarian Government
title: 1; label: PART 1
title: POLITICS; label: 1. Suffering Unveiled
title: Listening to the Excluded and the Marginalized
pagenum: 21; label: 2. Pathetic Choice
title: Exposing the Misery of the Poor
pagenum: 44; label: 3. Compassion Protocol
title: Legalizing Diseased Undocumented Immigrants
pagenum: 83; label: 4. Truth Ordeal
title: Attesting Violence for Asylum Seekers
pagenum: 109; label: LIMEN
title: FRONTIERS; label: 5. Ambivalent Hospitality
title: Governing the Unwanted
pagenum: 133; label: PART II.
title: WORLDS; label: 6. Massacre of the Innocents
title: Representing Childhood in the Age of Aids
pagenum: 161; label: 7. Desire for Exception
title: Managing Disaster Victims
pagenum: 181; label: 8. Subjectivity Without Subjects
title: Reinventing the Figure of the Witness
pagenum: 200; label: 9. Hierarchies of Humanity
title: Intervening in International Conflicts
pagenum: 223; label: Conclusion: Critique of Humanitarian Reason
title: 243; label: Chronology
title: 259; label: Notes
title: 263; label: Glossary
title: 307; label: Bibliography
title: 311; label: Index
title: 325