Forces of Compassion: Humanitarianism between Ethics and Politics (School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series)

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Suffering and charity have a long history. Both human sorrows and attempted remedies were familiar features of life in earlier eras and religious traditions however during the final decades of the twentieth century natural disasters and civilian casualties of war transformed into humanitarian crises. In these recurring dramas presented by international media an extensive network of interstate entities and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) supplies assistance to victims.