Description: Further DetailsTitle: Disquieting GiftsCondition: NewSubtitle: Humanitarianism in New DelhiISBN-10: 0804770026EAN: 9780804770026ISBN: 9780804770026Publisher: Stanford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/30/2012Description: While most people would not consider sponsoring an orphan's education to be in the same category as international humanitarian aid, both acts are linked by the desire to give. Many studies focus on the outcomes of humanitarian work, but the impulses that inspire people to engage in the first place receive less attention. Disquieting Gifts takes a close look at people working on humanitarian projects in New Delhi to explore why they engage in philanthropic work, what humanitarianism looks like to them, and the ethical and political tangles they encounter. Motivated by debates surrounding Marcel Mauss's The Gift, Bornstein investigates specific cases of people engaged in humanitarian work to reveal different perceptions of assistance to strangers versus assistance to kin, how the impulse to give to others in distress is tempered by its regulation, suspicions about recipient suitability, and why the figure of the orphan is so valuable in humanitarian discourse. The book also focuses on vital humanitarian efforts that often go undocumented and ignored and explores the role of empathy in humanitarian work.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 318gAuthor: Erica BornsteinGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: Stanford Studies in Human RightsTopic: Social SciencesRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Disquieting Gifts
Title: Disquieting Gifts
Subtitle: Humanitarianism in New Delhi
ISBN-10: 0804770026
EAN: 9780804770026
ISBN: 9780804770026
Release Date: 05/30/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Name: Disquieting Gifts : Humanitarianism in New Delhi
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Rich & Famous, Developing & Emerging Countries, Sociology / General, Philanthropy & Charity, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author: Erica Bornstein
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
