A critique of humanitarian reason: agency, power, and privilege
نام عام مواد
[Article]
نام نخستين پديدآور
/ Chioke I'Anson
نام ساير پديدآوران
; Geoffrey Pfeifer
يادداشت کلی
متن يادداشت
9626-1744
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متن يادداشت
This paper offers a critical analysis of the work of western humanitarian NGOs operating in the African continent. We argue that in most cases, NGOs and their supporters are deaf to the actual wants, needs, and desires or, in other words, the agency of those they are trying to aid. We do this by first offering a series of ways of understanding the ideological commitments that inform the work of many humanitarian NGOs and those who donate to them. In this, we expose the reasons leading to the failure of such individuals and organizations to recognize and take account of the agency of those they seek to help. Second, we offer evidence of the problematic outcome of this failure when coupled with a lack of recognition of the wider context of many of the conflicts that lead to the suffering of those that such NGOs intend to aid. In doing this, we expose the ways in which an NGO's own position can reinforce and contribute to the continuance of this suffering. This, we argue results from the simplified, inaccurate, and depoliticized ways in which NGOs tend to portray the problem of suffering both to those they solicit for donations and in their own conception of the problems and the moral role that the organization itself plays in its work.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
, (April 2013)
توصيف ظاهري
: P. 49-63
عنوان
Journal of Global Ethics
شماره جلد
, 9/1
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
humanitarianism
موضوع مستند نشده
human rights
موضوع مستند نشده
Africa
موضوع مستند نشده
agency
موضوع مستند نشده
Invisible Children
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