Humanitarianism and Human Rights - A World of Differences?

Explores the fluctuating relationship between human rights and humanitarianism and the changing nature of the politics and practices of humanity.

Sommario

Introduction. World of differences? Michael Barnett; Part I. Differences or Distinctions?: 1. Human rights and humanitarianization: from separation to intersection Samuel Moyn; 2. Suffering and status Jeffrey Flynn; 3. Humanitarianism and human rights in morality and practice Charles R. Beitz; 4. For a fleeting moment: the short, happy, life of humanism Stephen Hopgood; Part II. Practices: 5. Humanitarian governance and the circumvention of revolutionary human rights in the British Empire Alan Lester; 6. Humanitarian intervention as an entangled history of humanitarianism and human rights Fabian Klose; 7. Mobilizing emotions: shame, victimhood, and agency Bronwyn Leebaw; 8. At odds? Human rights and humanitarian approaches to violence against women during conflict Aisling Swaine; 9. Innocence: shaping the concept and practice of humanity Miriam Ticktin; 10. Reckoning with time: vexed temporalities in human rights and humanitarianism Ilana Feldman; 11. Between the border and a hard place: negotiating protection and humanitarian aid after the genocide in Cambodia, 1979-1999 Bertrand Taithe; Conclusion. Practices of humanity Michael Barnett; Bibliography; Index.

Info autore

Michael N. Barnett is University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at the George Washington University, Washington DC. He has written critically acclaimed books on global ethics, humanitarian intervention, and humanitarianism, including Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda (2002) and Empire of Humanity (2012) and edited Paternalism Beyond Borders (2016).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael N. Barnett, Michael N. (George Washington University Barnett, Barnett Michael N. Barnett
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael N Barnett (Editore), Michael N. Barnett (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781108819206
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81920-6
• Pagine: 340
• Serie: Human Rights in History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, General and world history, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights