Idealism Beyond Borders

Description:

This study charts the course of two activist movements in France, tiers-mondiste and sans-frontiériste, and the process by which one came to displace the other as the dominant way of approaching suffering and injustice in the third world. It is a contribution to the historiography of the post-war transformation of the French intellectual and political landscape and sheds light upon the intellectual origins and evolution of modern French humanitarianism. Covering a period of major international upheavals and domestic transformation in France, it underlines the powerful legacy of Cold War politics for international affairs since the fall of the Iron Curtain. It was joint recipient of the International Studies Association Ethics Section Book Prize (2017). Description taken from article at eleanordavey.com/idealism-beyond-borders

subjects: Humanitarian assistance,  New left,  Political activists,  Idealism,  Social change,  France, relations, foreign countries,  Developing countries, foreign relations,  France, intellectual life,  France, politics and government, 20th century,  Politics and government,  History,  Intellectual life,  HISTORY / Europe / General,  French Idealism,  Relations,  French Humanitarian assistance,  Médecins sans frontières (Association),  France, history,  Altruism,  History, 20th Century,  Developing Countries,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Public Policy,  Social Services & Welfare,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Human Services,  International relations,  Die Linke,  Intellektueller,  Humanitäre Hilfe,  AHISTORY / Europe / General

People: Jacques Beres,  Bernard Kouchner