Humanitarianism: this abstract noun gained wide currency during the high noon of neoliberalism. It connotes philanthropy and benevolence, a charitable impulse towards the unfortunate from those capable of alleviating poverty, disaster or war. It suggests a benign doctrine, even a profession of faith. But this concept, which is supposed to transcend ideology, obscures the role of the west in creating disasters in the first place. Comment is free
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:30:01 +0000
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