Humanitarian Imperialism

Author : Jean Bricmont
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583671481

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"Since the end of the Cold War, the idea of human rights has been made into a justification for intervention by the world's leading economic and military powers--above all, the United States--in countries that are vulnerable to their attacks. The criteria for such intervention have become more arbitrary and self-serving, and their form more destructive. Jean Bricmont's Humanitarian imperialism is both a historical account of this development and a powerful political and moral critique. It seeks to restore the critique of imperialism to its rightful place in the defense of human rights. It describes the leading role of the United States in initiating military and other interventions, but also on the obvious support given to it by European powers and NATO. Timely, topical, and rigorously argued, Jean Bricmont's book establishes a firm basis for resistance to global war with no end in sight"--Back cover.

Author : Amalia Ribi Forclaz
Publisher : Oxford Historical Monographs
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198733034

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Humanitarian Imperialism by Amalia Ribi Forclaz Pdf

"From the late 1880s to the onset of World War II, organizations in Europe forged an informal international network to fight the continued existence of slavery and slave trading in Africa. Humanitarian Imperialism explores the scope and outreach of these antislavery groups, as well as their development alongside Fascist imperialism."--Goodreads.com.

Author : Emily Baughan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520343719

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Saving the Children by Emily Baughan Pdf

Saving the Children analyzes the intersection of liberal internationalism and imperialism through the history of the humanitarian organization Save the Children, from its formation during the First World War through the era of decolonization. Whereas Save the Children claimed that it was "saving children to save the world," the vision of the world it sought to save was strictly delimited, characterized by international capitalism and colonial rule. Emily Baughan's groundbreaking analysis, across fifty years and eighteen countries, shows that Britain's desire to create an international order favorable to its imperial rule shaped international humanitarianism. In revealing that modern humanitarianism and its conception of childhood are products of the early twentieth-century imperial economy, Saving the Children argues that the contemporary aid sector must reckon with its past if it is to forge a new future.

Author : Amalia Ribi Forclaz
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191047152

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Humanitarian Imperialism by Amalia Ribi Forclaz Pdf

Between the late 1880s and the onset of the Second World War, anti-slavery activism experienced a revival in Europe. Anti-slavery organizations in Britain, Italy, France, and Switzerland forged an informal international network to fight the continued existence of slavery and slave trading in Africa. Humanitarian Imperialism explores the scope and outreach of these antislavery groups along with their organisational efforts and campaigning strategies. The account focuses on the interwar years, when slavery in Africa became a focal point of humanitarian and imperial interest, linking Catholic and Protestant philanthropists, missionaries of different faiths, colonial officials, diplomats, and political leaders in Africa and Europe. At the centre of the narrative is the campaign against slavery in Ethiopia, an issue which served as a catalyst for the articulation of international humanitarian standards within the League of Nations in Geneva. By looking at the interplay between British and Italian advocates of abolition, Humanitarian Imperialism shows how in the 1930s anti-slavery campaigning evolved in close association with Fascist imperialism. Thus, during the Italo-Ethiopian war of 1935, the anti-slavery argument became a propaganda tool to placate public opinion in Britain and elsewhere. Because of its global echoes, however, the conflict also generated worldwide protest that undermined the beliefs and certainties of anti-slavery campaigners, resulting in a crisis of humanitarian imperialism. By following the story of anti-slavery activism into the post-1945 period, this volume illuminates the continuities and discontinuities in the international history of humanitarian organizations as well as the history of imperial humanitarianism.

Author : Jean Bricmont
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583671474

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"Since the end of the Cold War, the idea of human rights has been made into a justification for intervention by the world's leading economic and military powers--above all, the United States--in countries that are vulnerable to their attacks. The criteria for such intervention have become more arbitrary and self-serving, and their form more destructive. Jean Bricmont's Humanitarian imperialism is both a historical account of this development and a powerful political and moral critique. It seeks to restore the critique of imperialism to its rightful place in the defense of human rights. It describes the leading role of the United States in initiating military and other interventions, but also on the obvious support given to it by European powers and NATO. Timely, topical, and rigorously argued, Jean Bricmont's book establishes a firm basis for resistance to global war with no end in sight"--Back cover.

Author : Gustavo Gozzi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000375008

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Humanitarian Intervention, Colonialism, Islam and Democracy by Gustavo Gozzi Pdf

This book offers a critical analysis of the European colonial heritage in the Arab countries and highlights the way this legacy is still with us today, informing the current state of relations between Europe and the formerly colonized states. The work analyses the fraught relationship between the Western powers and the Arab countries that have been subject to their colonial rule. It does so by looking at this relationship from two vantage points. On the one hand is that of humanitarian intervention—a paradigm under which colonial rule coexisted alongside “humanitarian” policies pursued on the dual assumption that the colonized were “barbarous” peoples who wanted to be civilized and that the West could lay a claim of superiority over an inferior humanity. On the other hand is the Arab view, from which the humanitarian paradigm does not hold up, and which accordingly offers its own insights into the processes through which the Arab countries have sought to wrest themselves from colonial rule. In unpacking this analysis the book traces a history of international and colonial law, to this end also using the tools offered by the history of political thought. The book will be of interest to students, academics, and researchers working in legal history, international law, international relations, the history of political thought, and colonial studies.

Author : Raphaël Cheriau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000383010

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Imperial Powers and Humanitarian Interventions by Raphaël Cheriau Pdf

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Zanzibar Sultanate became the focal point of European imperial and humanitarian policies, most notably Britain, France, and Germany. In fact, the Sultanate was one of the few places in the world where humanitarianism and imperialism met in the most obvious fashion. This crucial encounter was perfectly embodied by the iconic meeting of Dr. Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley in 1871. This book challenges the common presumption that those humanitarian concerns only served to conceal vile colonial interests. It brings the repression of the East African slave trade at sea and the expansion of empires into a new light in comparing French and British archives for the first time.

Author : Mark Duffield,Vernon Hewitt
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847010773

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Empire, Development & Colonialism by Mark Duffield,Vernon Hewitt Pdf

This book makes a unique contribution to the renewed debate about empire and imperialism and will be of great interest to all those concerned with understanding the historical antecedents and wider implications of today's emergent liberal interventionism, and the various logics of international development.

Author : B. Everill,J. Kaplan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137270023

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The History and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention and Aid in Africa by B. Everill,J. Kaplan Pdf

The history of humanitarian intervention has often overlooked Africa. This book brings together perspectives from history, cultural studies, international relations, policy, and non-governmental organizations to analyze the themes, continuities and discontinuities in Western humanitarian engagement with Africa.

Author : Sabella O. Abidde,Tokunbo A. Ayoola
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793612335

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China in Africa by Sabella O. Abidde,Tokunbo A. Ayoola Pdf

This book examines Sino-African relations and their impact on Africa. It argues that Africa’s relationship with China has had a profound impact on key sectors in Africa—economic and political development, the media, infrastructural development, foreign direct investments, loans, debt peonage, and international relations. The authors also analyze the imperialist and neo-colonialist implications of this relationship and discuss the degree to which the relationship is beneficial to Africa.

Author : Neda Atanasoski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 0816680949

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Humanitarian Violence by Neda Atanasoski Pdf

Humanitarian Violence considers U.S. militarism--humanitarian militarism--during the Vietnam War, the Soviet-Afghan War, and the 1990s wars of secession in the former Yugoslavia. Neda Atanasoski reveals a system of postsocialist imperialism based on humanitarian ethics, identifying a discourse of race that focuses on ideological and cultural differences and makes postsocialist and Islamic nations the targets of U.S. disciplining violence.

Author : Gary J. Bass
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307279873

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Freedom's Battle by Gary J. Bass Pdf

This gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom’s Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights activists in the 19th century, and shows how a newly emergent free press galvanized British, American, and French citizens to action by exposing them to distant atrocities. Wildly romantic and full of bizarre enthusiasms, these activists were pioneers of a new political consciousness. And their legacy has much to teach us about today’s human rights crises.

Author : Amalia Ribi Forclaz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Antislavery movements
ISBN : OCLC:298594922

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Humanitarian Imperialism by Amalia Ribi Forclaz Pdf

Author : Neda Atanasoski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-26
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1452940061

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Humanitarian Violence by Neda Atanasoski Pdf

Humanitarian Violence considers U.S. militarism-humanitarian militarism-during the Vietnam War, the Soviet-Afghan War, and the 1990s wars of secession in the former Yugoslavia. Neda Atanasoski reveals a system of postsocialist imperialism based on humanitarian ethics, identifying a discourse of race that focuses on ideological and cultural differences and makes postsocialist and Islamic nations the targets of U.S. disciplining violence. ...

Author : Kenton Storey
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774829502

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Settler Anxiety at the Outposts of Empire by Kenton Storey Pdf

During the 1850s and 1860s, there was considerable anxiety among British settlers over the potential for Indigenous rebellion and violence. Yet, publicly admitting to this fear would have gone counter to Victorian notions of racial superiority. In this fascinating book, Kenton Storey challenges the idea that a series of colonial crises in the mid-nineteenth century led to a decline in the popularity of humanitarianism across the British Empire. Instead, he demonstrates how colonial newspapers in New Zealand and on Vancouver Island appropriated humanitarian language as a means of justifying the expansion of settlers’ access to land, promoting racial segregation and allaying fears of potential Indigenous resistance.