The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and WarEarthscan, 2013 - 241 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 climat. |
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... able primarily to the donors , who hold the purse strings . In this situation , it is important to promote a better understanding of the dilemmas - and political economy - of humanitarian intervention among donors ( and this includes ...
... able primarily to the donors , who hold the purse strings . In this situation , it is important to promote a better understanding of the dilemmas - and political economy - of humanitarian intervention among donors ( and this includes ...
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... able to share his thoughts with the public in this highly enlightening book . That , too , is a contribution to the cause of ' humanity ' . Jean Drèze Delhi School of Economics Altruist Famine and war evoke strong emotional reactions of ...
... able to share his thoughts with the public in this highly enlightening book . That , too , is a contribution to the cause of ' humanity ' . Jean Drèze Delhi School of Economics Altruist Famine and war evoke strong emotional reactions of ...
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... able to do , but relief workers have to convert such natural , emotional responses into practical action whilst addressing the stark dilemmas that go hand - in - hand with humanitarian intervention . So why do they get involved ? Are ...
... able to do , but relief workers have to convert such natural , emotional responses into practical action whilst addressing the stark dilemmas that go hand - in - hand with humanitarian intervention . So why do they get involved ? Are ...
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... able to interpret what I am saying according to their own culture and set of assumptions . Indeed , the contrast may throw light on their own circumstances . This book is a kind of postmodern history in which the personal viewpoint ...
... able to interpret what I am saying according to their own culture and set of assumptions . Indeed , the contrast may throw light on their own circumstances . This book is a kind of postmodern history in which the personal viewpoint ...
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... able to forget their own failure and to ignore their reactions to an event that they felt unable to under- stand . They want to just carry on in their own way as if nothing had happened , and so , she said , ' They preach to me that I ...
... able to forget their own failure and to ignore their reactions to an event that they felt unable to under- stand . They want to just carry on in their own way as if nothing had happened , and so , she said , ' They preach to me that I ...
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Kosovo The Loss of Impartiality | 19 |
Ethiopia A Golden Age of Humanitarianism? | 45 |
Sudan Impartiality and Selfrespect | 71 |
Mozambique Vulnerability and Power | 95 |
Afghanistan Pride and Principle | 117 |
Somalia Emotion and Order | 139 |
Azerbaijan and Bosnia Responsibility and Rights | 161 |
The Rwanda Genocide Mans Inhumanity | 185 |
The Selfish Altruist | 203 |
Notes on the Sources | 215 |
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الصفحة 18 - a person is a person through other people'. It is not 'I think therefore I am'. It says rather: 'I am human because I belong.' I participate, I share. A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good; for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed, or treated as...