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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davey, Eleanor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Colección:Human rights in history.
Temas:
Médecins sans frontières (Association) > History > 20th century.
Médecins sans frontières (Association)
1900-1999
Humanitarian assistance, French > History > 20th century.
New Left > France > History > 20th century.
Political activists > France > History > 20th century.
Idealism, French > History > 20th century.
Social change > France > History > 20th century.
Altruism.
Altruism
Social Change > history
History, 20th Century
Developing Countries > history
Aide humanitaire française > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Nouvelle gauche > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Activistes > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Idéalisme français > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Altruisme.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Humanitarian assistance, French.
Idealism, French.
Intellectual life.
International relations.
New Left.
Political activists.
Politics and government.
Social change.
Die Linke
Intellektueller
Humanitäre Hilfe
France > Relations > Developing countries.
Developing countries > Relations > France.
France > Intellectual life > 20th century.
France > Politics and government > 20th century.
France
France > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
France > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Developing countries.
France.
Frankreich
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Idealism beyond Borders
  • 1. A revolution in aid : the creation of sans-frontierisme
  • 2. Aiding the revolution : influences on tiers-mondisme
  • Part II. Violence and Morality
  • 3. The struggle for international justice : tiers-mondiste engagement on the outskirts of May
  • 4. Complicity, conscience and autocritique : reconfiguring attitudes to political violence
  • 5. A rhetoric of responsibility : Vichy, the Holocaust, and suffering in the Third World
  • Part III. Ethics and Polemics
  • 6. Idealism beyond borders : the turn to sans-frontieriste spectacle
  • 7. Controversy in a humanitarian age : attacks on tiers-mondisme in the 1980s.

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