Mika Aaltola

Western Spectacle of Governance and the Emergence of Humanitarian World Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

The book examines the patterns of co-option and collaboration between the ethical and political traditions of the humanitarianism in various world political spectacles: September 11th, Iraq and Afganistan, Darfur, SARS and Avian Flu, and US transformational HIV/AIDS diplomacy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• 2009
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9780230616349
• ISBN-10: 0230616348
• Artikelnr.: 26006957

Autorenporträt

MIKA AALTOLA is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Violent Vortexes of Compassion Vorticity in Action: Compassions, Stimulations and Mutual Regressions Compassion as a Morality Drama at the Profiled EU and US Borders Compassions at International Airports: The Hub-and-Spoke Pedagogy of the American Empire Political Compassions under Pandemic Spectacles Beyond Humanitarian Compassion Bibliography

Rezensionen

"Aaltola has written an importantand highly stimulating book that asks serious questions about pain and the humanitarian response. Buddha's injunction to be 'compassionate' will never seem simple again." - Stephen Chan, Professor of International Relations, University of London