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Idealism beyond Borders : the French Revolutionary Left and the Rise of Humanitarianism, 1954-1988 /
This is a major new account of how modern humanitarian action was shaped by transformations in the French intellectual and political landscape from the 1950s to the 1980s. Eleanor Davey reveals how radical left third-worldism was displaced by the 'sans-frontiériste' movement as the domina...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Human rights in history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is a major new account of how modern humanitarian action was shaped by transformations in the French intellectual and political landscape from the 1950s to the 1980s. Eleanor Davey reveals how radical left third-worldism was displaced by the 'sans-frontiériste' movement as the dominant way of approaching suffering in what was then called the third world. Third-worldism regarded these regions as the motor for international revolution, but revolutionary zeal disintegrated as a number of its regimes took on violent and dictatorial forms. Instead, the radical humanitarianism of the 'sans-frontiériste' movement pioneered by Médecins Sans Frontières emerged as an alternative model for international aid. Covering a period of major international upheavals and domestic change in France, Davey demonstrates the importance of memories of the Second World War in political activism and humanitarian action and underlines the powerful legacies of Cold War politics for international affairs since the fall of the Iron Curtain. |
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| Notas: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2015). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (346 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107706880 1107706882 9781316449547 1316449548 1107069580 9781107069589 1107644046 9781107644045 1316446964 9781316446966 1316446530 9781316446539 1316447391 9781316447390 1316447820 9781316447826 |