Humanitarian intervention borders on policing There is no care without control Today, ngos and all those working for humanitarian intervention find themselves caught in a process that is seemingly pragmatic, but far too powerful for humanist goodwill. In a situation of permanent catastrophe and endless emergency, 'undesirables' are kept apart and out of sight, while the care dispensed is designed to control, filter and confine How should we interpret the disturbing symbiosis between the hand that cares and the hand that strikes? Didier fassin draws on case materials from france, south africa, venezuela, and palestine to explore the meaning of humanitarianism in the contexts of immigration and asylum, disease and poverty, disaster and war.
The book is constructed around two series This book draws on case materials from france, south africa, venezuela, and palestine to explore the meaning of humanitarianism in the contexts of immigration and asylum, disease and poverty, disaster and war. A radical critique of the foundations, contexts, and political effects of humanitarian action. Through a tour of various humanitarian projects in france and elsewhere, didier fassin develops a compelling case for a sea change in our social imaginary, one in which an ethics of suffering. Pdf | on aug 1, 2012, stephan kloos published humanitarian reason A moral history of the present, by fassin, didier | find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate
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