The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and WarRoutledge, 17/06/2013 - 240 من الصفحات Provides an analysis of some of the most traumatic situations involving famine and war of the last two decades, helping us to understand what it takes to be an aid worker and how important humanitarian action is today. Famine and war evoke strong emotional reactions, and for most people there is a limited amount they can do. But the relief worker has to convert emotional responses into practical action and difficult choices - whom to help and how. Their own feelings have to motivate action for others. But can they separate out their own selfish feelings and prejudices in such an emotive climate? How do they avoid being partial among those they are helping? Are they motivated by altruistic concern, or the power they experience or the attention they receive? Tony Vaux brings over 20 years experience as one of Oxfam's leading emergency managers to the exploration of the conflicts between subjective impulses and objective judgements and the dilemmas relief workers contend with. |
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... Ethiopia: A Golden Age of Humanitarianism? 3 Sudan: Impartiality and Self-respect 4 Mozambique: Vulnerability and Power 5 Afghanistan: Pride and Principle 6 Somalia: Emotion and Order 7 Azerbaijan and Bosnia: Responsibility and Rights 8 ...
... Ethiopia: A Golden Age of Humanitarianism? 3 Sudan: Impartiality and Self-respect 4 Mozambique: Vulnerability and Power 5 Afghanistan: Pride and Principle 6 Somalia: Emotion and Order 7 Azerbaijan and Bosnia: Responsibility and Rights 8 ...
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... Ethiopia, Sudan, Mozambique, Afghanistan, Somalia and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. All of these recollections have been reworked and now form the chapters of this book. I felt I could not ...
... Ethiopia, Sudan, Mozambique, Afghanistan, Somalia and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. All of these recollections have been reworked and now form the chapters of this book. I felt I could not ...
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... Ethiopia. Recently I returned to find another famine and people starving in the same way and in the same places as they did in 1984 – with the same arguments and discussions taking place about the solutions. What have we achieved? There ...
... Ethiopia. Recently I returned to find another famine and people starving in the same way and in the same places as they did in 1984 – with the same arguments and discussions taking place about the solutions. What have we achieved? There ...
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... Ethiopia I explore how optimistic socialism, otherwise known as developmentalism, made us slow to respond to famine because we believed that poor people were so wonderful they could cope with anything. The mistake I now notice most is ...
... Ethiopia I explore how optimistic socialism, otherwise known as developmentalism, made us slow to respond to famine because we believed that poor people were so wonderful they could cope with anything. The mistake I now notice most is ...
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... Ethiopia in 1984. In the winter of1941, 2000 Greek children died every day and the final death toll is estimated to have been around a quarter of a million. The cause was an Allied blockade intended to weaken the Germans. Many people in ...
... Ethiopia in 1984. In the winter of1941, 2000 Greek children died every day and the final death toll is estimated to have been around a quarter of a million. The cause was an Allied blockade intended to weaken the Germans. Many people in ...
المحتوى
The Loss of Impartiality | |
Impartiality and Selfrespect | |
Vulnerability and Power | |
Pride and Principle | |
Emotion and Order | |
Responsibility and Rights | |
The Selfish Altruist | |
Notes on the Sources | |
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