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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2021

Davide Rodogno
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Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
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The introduction argues that postwar international humanitarianism encompasses continuities and profound changes with respect to late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Western humanitarianism. In the Near East and more broadly speaking in the Balkans and ex-Ottoman lands, international humanitarianism was arrogant, provincial, and Promethean. Western humanitarianism was redemptive and built upon colonial and civilizational postures. The book claims that the First World War was a foundational moment for postwar humanitarianism, but the latter, at least in the Near East, connected with missionaries and protodevelopment projects.

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Night on Earth
A History of International Humanitarianism in the Near East, 1918–1930
, pp. 1 - 28
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Introduction
  • Davide Rodogno, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
  • Book: Night on Earth
  • Online publication: 10 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108689892.001
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  • Introduction
  • Davide Rodogno, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
  • Book: Night on Earth
  • Online publication: 10 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108689892.001
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  • Introduction
  • Davide Rodogno, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
  • Book: Night on Earth
  • Online publication: 10 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108689892.001
Available formats
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