Idealism beyond Borders: The French Revolutionary Left and the Rise of Humanitarianism, 1954–1988

Published: Dec 17, 2015
Abstract
This is a major new account of how modern humanitarian action was shaped by transformations in the French intellectual and political landscape from the 1950s to the 1980s. Eleanor Davey reveals how radical left third-worldism was displaced by the 'sans-frontieriste' movement as the dominant way of approaching suffering in what was then called the third world. Third-worldism regarded these regions as the motor for international revolution, but...
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Title
Idealism beyond Borders: The French Revolutionary Left and the Rise of Humanitarianism, 1954–1988
Published Date
Dec 17, 2015
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