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Disquieting Gifts

- Humanitarianism in New Delhi
Af: Erica Bornstein Engelsk Paperback

Disquieting Gifts

- Humanitarianism in New Delhi
Af: Erica Bornstein Engelsk Paperback
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While most people would not consider sponsoring an orphan''s education to be in the same category as international humanitarian aid, both acts are linked by the desire to give. Many studies focus on the outcomes of humanitarian work, but the impulses that inspire people to engage in the first place receive less attention. Disquieting Gifts takes a close look at people working on humanitarian projects in New Delhi to explore why they engage in philanthropic work, what humanitarianism looks like to them, and the ethical and political tangles they encounter.

Motivated by debates surrounding Marcel Mauss''s The Gift, Bornstein investigates specific cases of people engaged in humanitarian work to reveal different perceptions of assistance to strangers versus assistance to kin, how the impulse to give to others in distress is tempered by its regulation, suspicions about recipient suitability, and why the figure of the orphan is so valuable in humanitarian discourse. The book also focuses on vital humanitarian efforts that often go undocumented and ignored and explores the role of empathy in humanitarian work.

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While most people would not consider sponsoring an orphan''s education to be in the same category as international humanitarian aid, both acts are linked by the desire to give. Many studies focus on the outcomes of humanitarian work, but the impulses that inspire people to engage in the first place receive less attention. Disquieting Gifts takes a close look at people working on humanitarian projects in New Delhi to explore why they engage in philanthropic work, what humanitarianism looks like to them, and the ethical and political tangles they encounter.

Motivated by debates surrounding Marcel Mauss''s The Gift, Bornstein investigates specific cases of people engaged in humanitarian work to reveal different perceptions of assistance to strangers versus assistance to kin, how the impulse to give to others in distress is tempered by its regulation, suspicions about recipient suitability, and why the figure of the orphan is so valuable in humanitarian discourse. The book also focuses on vital humanitarian efforts that often go undocumented and ignored and explores the role of empathy in humanitarian work.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 232
ISBN-13: 9780804770026
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0804770026
Udg. Dato: 30 maj 2012
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 154mm
Højde: 228mm
Forlag: Stanford University Press
Oplagsdato: 30 maj 2012
Forfatter(e): Erica Bornstein
Forfatter(e) Erica Bornstein


Kategori Velgørenhed, frivilligt arbejde og filantropi


ISBN-13 9780804770026


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 232


Udgave


Længde 13mm


Bredde 154mm


Højde 228mm


Udg. Dato 30 maj 2012


Oplagsdato 30 maj 2012


Forlag Stanford University Press

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