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020			_a9781107021730 (hardback)
039			_a202111011540 _bstaff _c201412031724 _d staff _c201412011012 _d staff _y 201412011012 _z staff
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082			_a361.7 509 _bSTA [ Shelf 33 ]
100			_aStamatov, Peter, _d 1967-
245			_aThe origins of global humanitarianism : _breligion, empires, and advocacy / _cPeter Stamatov, Yale University.
264			_aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c[2013]
300			_axii, 233 pages ; _c24 cm.
490			_aCambridge studies in social theory, religion and politics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages191-223) and index.
520			_a"Whether lauded and encouraged or criticized and maligned, action in solidarity with culturally and geographically distant strangers has been an integral part of European modernity. Traversing the complex political landscape of early modern European empires, this book locates the historical origins of modern global humanitarianism in the recurrent conflict over the ethical treatment of non-Europeans that pitted religious reformers against secular imperial networks. Since the sixteenth-century beginnings of European expansion overseas and in marked opposition to the exploitative logic of predatory imperialism, these reformers - members of Catholic orders and, later, Quakers and other reformist Protestants - developed an ideology and a political practice in defense of the rights and interests of distant "others." They also increasingly made the question of imperial injustice relevant to growing "domestic" publics in Europe. A distinctive institutional model of long-distance advocacy crystallized out of these persistent struggles, becoming the standard weapon of transnational activists"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650			_aIndigenous peoples _x Colonization.
650			_aImperialism _x Moral and ethical aspects _x History.
650			_aHumanitarianism _x Religious aspects _x Christianity _x History.
651			_aEurope _x Territorial expansion.
651			_aEurope _x Colonies _x History.
991			_aVIRTUA
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