EAN: 9783847117414

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

Today humanitarianism as a moral imperative to help is prevalent especially in the so-called Western world. The public reacts to natural disasters war or medical emergencies with a desire to alleviate suffering. But in recent decades historians have begun to critically assess this moral perspective and examine humanitarian organizations politics and the motives of humanitarian actors. They highlight how helping people relieve their suffering is just one side to every humanitarian story. Humanitarian actors themselves have their own reasons for helping. Humanitarian aid evolves in a tense dialectic between people in need and the individual agendas of the 'benevolent saviors.' This special issue approaches humanitarianism and humanitarian aid from the perspective of such 'benevolent saviors' and their agendas and covers different moments in history and geographical regions in the 20th century. The papers analyze humanitarianism as a reconstruction mission according to civilizing desires as an enabling factor for individual professionalization as a power struggle and as a tool for domestic and international policymaking.

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