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It's true that some of the activism may have less to do with humanitarianism than with college applications.
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.
A second, more overt, link that connects paternalism with humanitarianism is the urge to promote and safeguard the best interests of the suffering.
Accept that soldiers must be treated with humanitarianism but controlled by the means of iron discipline.
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The particular kind of neutrality associated with digital humanitarianism is dangerous: to be so detached from the cause you claim to support – and to spread information without quite asking what it really means, and who is behind it – is deeply problematic when you are dealing with human life.
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.
This has resulted in an unprecedented, sector-wide concern with change: that humanitarianism must change to stay relevant and that "humanitarian agencies need to become more innovative simply to maintain their relevance" (Ramalingam et al. 2009:9).
"Beautiful" wants to make a statement about sexism and beauty pageants with their phony humanitarianism, bogus talent shows and superficial values.
While the West proselytizes democracy and respect for human rights, sometimes going so far as to cheerlead cavalier military interventions to remove repressive regimes, how can it reconcile its humanitarianism with such brazen disregard for the right to life in Kashmir?
In the case of Debrix's example of the international aid machinery, the 'transversal movements' take place by creating 'victimhood' [ 50], by using (or becoming part of) mediascapes, by feeding the ideoscapes with ideas of humanitarianism, by exercising power in identifying who is the victim and who not and thereby linking the determinant 'access to health care' of people anywhere in the world.
It is well illustrated by the complaint of a major NGO: "If you skip the proximity and empathy with victims of disasters, humanitarianism loses its sense" (unpublished report 2017 on file with author).
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