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Idealism beyond borders : the French revolutionary Left and the rise of humanitarianism, 1954-1988

Davey, Eleanor, author

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\"This is a major new account of how modern humanitarian action was shaped by transformations in the French intellectual and political landscape between the 1960s to 1980s. Eleanor Davey reveals how radical Left third-worldism was displaced by the 'sans-frontieriste' movement as the dominant way of approaching suffering in what was then called the Third World. Third-worldism regarded these regions as the motor for international revolution, but revolutionary zeal disintegrated as a number of its regimes took on violent and dictatorial forms. Instead, the radical humanitarianism of the 'sans-frontieriste' movement pioneered by Medecins Sans Frontieres emerged as an alternative model for international aid. Covering a period of major international upheavals and domestic change in France, Davey demonstrates the importance of memories of the Second World War in political activism and humanitarian action and underlines the powerful legacies of Cold War politics for international affairs since the fall of the Iron Curtain\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Mâedecins sans frontiلeres (Association) History 20th century. / Humanitarian assistance, French History 20th century. / New Left France History 20th century. / Political activists France History 20th century. / Idealism, French History 20th century. / Social change France History 20th century. / HISTORY / Europe / General. / France Relations Developing countries. / Developing countries Relations France. / France Intellectual life 20th century. / France Politics and government 20th century.
• ISBN: 9781107069589, 1107069580, 9781107644045, 1107644046

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HV555.F8 D38 2015	1	BOOK	GENERAL