In the Cause of Humanity - A History of Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century

A major new history of the emergence of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention during the nineteenth century.

Sommario

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Interventionism and humanitarianism under the sign of internationalism; 2. The struggle against the Atlantic slave trade and the emergence of a humanitarian understanding of intervention; 3. Humanitarian intervention and its solidification as an imperial and colonial practice; Epilogue: Perspectives on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; Bibliography; Index.

Info autore

Fabian Klose is Professor of International History and Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Cologne. He is the author of Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence (2013), and Editor of The Emergence of Humanitarian Intervention (2016) and Humanity. A History of European Concepts in Practice (2016). The German edition of In the Cause of Humanity received the Carl Erdmann Prize of the German Historical Association 2018 and Geisteswissenschaften International 2020.

Riassunto

In the Cause of Humanity is a major new history of the emergence of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention during the nineteenth century. Fabian Klose traces how the idea of humanitarian intervention first established itself as a recognized instrument in international politics and international law.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Fabian Klose, Fabian (Universitat zu Koeln) Klose, Fabian (Universitat Zu Koln) Klose, Klose Fabian
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781316516201
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51620-1
• Pagine: 472
• Serie: Human Rights in History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards