The Politics of Humanity

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List of Acronyms

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: Humanitarianism in Crisis and the Promise of International Political Theory
- I Locating Humanitarianism: Plausible Protagonists
- II The Humanitarian Identity Crisis.....................................................................................
  - 1. Humanitarian Principles
  - 1. Humanitarianism and Politics
  - 1. The Scope of Humanitarianism
- III Why Is There No International Political Theory of Humanitarianism?
  - 1. International Political Theory’s Core Concerns
  - 1. The Neglect of Solidarity
  - 1. A Brief Defence of a Liberal Humanitarian Framework
- IV Summary of the Argument

1. Humanitarianism and Human Suffering
- I From “Humanitarian Crisis” to “Crisis of Humanity”
- II Cruelty and Innocence
- III Dehumanisation and Inhumanity
- Conclusion

1. Mobilising the Humanitarian Impulse................................................................................
- I The Humanitarian Impulse as Emotional Capacity
- II Knowing and Ignoring Suffering
- III Stirring the Humanitarian Impulse
- IV Selectivity and Impartiality
- Conclusion

1. Humanitarian Action as Rescue
- I The Objects of Rescue: The Rescued
- II The Subjects of Rescue: The Rescuers
- III Motives, Intentions and Consequences
- IV The Problem of Causing Harm and the Means of Rescue
- Conclusion

Global Justice 5. The Pursuit of a Humanitarianism beyond Contingency: Accountability, Human Rights and
- I Accountability and “Humanitarian Rights”
- II Human Rights
- III Humanitarian Intervention: Contingency Laid Bare
- IV Global Justice and the Recognition of Injustice
- Conclusion

Humanity” in a World of States 6. Humanitarian Identity and Internationalist Solidarity: Conducting the “Politics of
- I Humanitarian Identity and Independence: Humanitarian Space and the State............
- II Taking States Seriously: Humanitarianism as Internationalist Solidarity
- III Humanity Through Thick and Thin: Michael Walzer and the Internationalist Tradition
- Conclusion

1. Conclusion: The Struggle for Humanity
- I Failing Better? Humanity on a Human Scale
- II Humanitarian Futures: The Challenge of Climate Change as a “Crisis of Humanity”
- Conclusion

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