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020			_a9781139128940 (ebook)
020			_z9781107021730 (hardback)
020			_z9781107521674 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aJV305 _b.S73 2013
082	0	0	_a361.7/509 _223
100	1		_aStamatov, Peter, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Origins of Global Humanitarianism : _bReligion, Empires, and Advocacy / _cPeter Stamatov.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (246 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aWhether lauded and encouraged or criticized and maligned, action in solidarity with culturally and geographically distant strangers has been an integral part of European modernity. Traversing the complex political landscape of early modern European empires, this book locates the historical origins of modern global humanitarianism in the recurrent conflict over the ethical treatment of non-Europeans that pitted religious reformers against secular imperial networks. Since the sixteenth-century beginnings of European expansion overseas and in marked opposition to the exploitative logic of predatory imperialism, these reformers - members of Catholic orders and, later, Quakers and other reformist Protestants - developed an ideology and a political practice in defense of the rights and interests of distant 'others'. They also increasingly made the question of imperial injustice relevant to growing 'domestic' publics in Europe. A distinctive institutional model of long-distance advocacy crystallized out of these persistent struggles, becoming the standard weapon of transnational activists.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107021730
830		0	_aCambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139128940
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37431 _d37431