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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... , concern alone does not tellus how to prioritize relief programmes in famine situations where resources are too short to ensure everyone's survival. Yet, the more one becomes absorbed in this riveting book, Foreword by Jean Drèze.
... , concern alone does not tellus how to prioritize relief programmes in famine situations where resources are too short to ensure everyone's survival. Yet, the more one becomes absorbed in this riveting book, Foreword by Jean Drèze.
الصفحة v
... becomes the desire for power'. Yet the author's account of humanitarian work in war-torn Mozambique provides telling illustrations of this elementary truth. As he takes us on his lifelong journey from emergency to emergency (in Sudan ...
... becomes the desire for power'. Yet the author's account of humanitarian work in war-torn Mozambique provides telling illustrations of this elementary truth. As he takes us on his lifelong journey from emergency to emergency (in Sudan ...
الصفحة 5
... become increasingly important to decide what is fundamental and what is peripheral. Or to put it another way, what are values and what are simply working mechanisms. What I argue in this book is that the principle of 'humanity ...
... become increasingly important to decide what is fundamental and what is peripheral. Or to put it another way, what are values and what are simply working mechanisms. What I argue in this book is that the principle of 'humanity ...
الصفحة 6
... become a part of NATO's agenda. Profound changes in Oxfam's own ways of working at the same time also demanded my attention. Oxfam was being reborn as a new organization; it was more business oriented, corporate and pragmatic than ...
... become a part of NATO's agenda. Profound changes in Oxfam's own ways of working at the same time also demanded my attention. Oxfam was being reborn as a new organization; it was more business oriented, corporate and pragmatic than ...
الصفحة 8
... become imbued with a notion of the 'deserving black'. It was hard to avoid the conclusion that aid agencies had protected African governments from criticism and allowed them to be considered part of the group that deserved humanitarian ...
... become imbued with a notion of the 'deserving black'. It was hard to avoid the conclusion that aid agencies had protected African governments from criticism and allowed them to be considered part of the group that deserved humanitarian ...
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A Golden Age of Humanitarianism? | 43 |
Impartiality and Selfrespect | 69 |
Vulnerability and Power | 93 |
Pride and Principle | 115 |
Emotion and Order | 137 |
Responsibility and Rights | 159 |
Mans Inhumanity | 183 |
Chapter 9 The Selfish Altruist | 201 |
Notes on the Sources | 213 |
Index | 224 |
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