It's true that some of the activism may have less to do with humanitarianism than with college applications.
That sense of humanitarianism, combined with humanism's emphasis on scientifically accurate information and the role of technology in improving our quality of life, leads to a powerful support for family planning and other efforts meant to address the problems we face today.
Polman might also have found more heartening anecdotes and balanced her account of humanitarianism run amok with tales of humanitarian success: lives salvaged, epidemics averted, families reunited.
He conducted his humanitarianism and philanthropy with characteristic modesty and privacy.
The war and the takeover of the Russian Revolution by the Bolshevik regime disillusioned Kokoschka, as it did many intellectuals who had identified revolution with humanitarianism.
The history of humanitarianism is mired with action justified by moral or expert authority (see Barnett 2011).
A second, more overt, link that connects paternalism with humanitarianism is the urge to promote and safeguard the best interests of the suffering.
In order to assess their positions within this environment, I give a brief account of my interviews below and present how the emerging discourses feed into the ‛selective humanitarianism' and ‛pragmatism with geographical limitation' narratives.
Charlize Theron (Penn's former girlfriend) and Javier Bardem bring this drama to life as they face the challenges of humanitarianism and life with civil unrest in Africa.
Accept that soldiers must be treated with humanitarianism but controlled by the means of iron discipline.
