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Informationen zum Autor Antonio De Lauri is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Milan Bicocca. He has undertaken fieldwork in Afghanistan since 2005, with a focus on legal reconstruction, human rights, war and humanitarian intervention. He is currently part of an international research project on slavery and forms of extreme dependence. Klappentext This book provides a comprehensive critique of humanitarian intervention. Vorwort This book provides a comprehensive critique of humanitarian intervention. Zusammenfassung This book provides a comprehensive critique of humanitarian intervention. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents 1. Introduction Antonio De Lauri 2. Governing the Crisis: A Critical Genealogy of Humanitarian Intervention Mariella Pandolfi and Philip Rousseau 3. Humanitarianism as Pretext: Defining what is Moral and Just Laura Nader and Robin Savinar 4. Humanitarian Theatre: Normality and the Carnivalesque in Afghanistan Julie Billaud and Antonio De Lauri 5. 'I'm doing it for myself!': The Aggressive Promotion of the Individual Self as the Dark Side of Women’s Rights Elisabetta Grande 6. Batoto wa Maria: Humanitarianism, the Provincial State, Missionaries and the Concept of Childhood in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Edoardo Quaretta 7. The Politics of International Aid: The Impact of Local Politics and International Priorities on Aid Allocation in Yemen Alexandra Lewis 8. A Sovereign for All: The Management of Refugees as Nation-State Politics Sophie Hoffmann Index
