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Zusatztext "A must-read . . . Historically and analytically rich." Informationen zum Autor Peter Redfield is Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina. He is the author of Space in the Tropics: From Convicts to Rockets in French Guiana . Klappentext "Peter Redfield's beautifully and evocatively written Life in Crisis: The Ethical Journey of Doctors Without Borders ! is an extremely accessible and in-depth ethnographic view of the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders. Redfield's generous and honest examination of humanitarianism's contemporary ethical dilemmas brings a novel approach to these often intractable issues; refusing easy answers! Life in Crisis instead challenges readers to think what it means to act! even without hope."-Miriam Ticktin! author of Casualties of Care: Immigration and the Politics of Humanitarianism in France "While humanitarianism has recently become a major domain of investigation in the social sciences! it still lacked its ethnography: with Peter Redfield's subtle! insightful and deeply honest study of Doctors Without Borders! we now have it. Bringing together the ethical issues raised by the project of saving lives! such as the triage of patients! the practice of bearing witness! and the aporia of neutrality! Life in Crisis offers a generous but critical perspective on the Nobel Prize winning organization." Didier Fassin! author of Humanitarian Reason. A Moral History of the Present Zusammenfassung Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. This title tells the story of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Terms of Engagement 1. A Time of Crisis 2. A Secular Value of Life Part 2: Global Ambitions 3. Vital Mobility 4. Moral Witness 5. Human Frontiers Part 3: Testing Limits 6. The Problem of Triage 7. The Longue Durée of Disease 8. The Verge of Crisis 9. Action beyond Optimism Epilogue Notes References Index ...
