LEADER 02587cam a2200409 i 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20211112164426.0 007 ta 008 130515s2013 enk b 001 0 eng 010 2013017439 020 9781107021730 (hardback) 040 DLC |beng |cDLC |erda |dDLC |dhubpceuo 041 eng 042 pcc 043 e------ 050 00 JV305 |b.S73 2013 082 00 361.7/509 |223 100 1 Stamatov, Peter, |d1967- 245 14 The origins of global humanitarianism : |breligion, empires, and advocacy / |cPeter Stamatov. 260 New York : |bCambridge University Press, |c2013. 300 xii, 233 pages ; |c24 cm. 337 unmediated 490 1 Cambridge studies in social theory, religion and politics 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages191-223) and index. 520 "Whether 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"-- 650 0 Indigenous peoples |xColonization. 650 0 Imperialism |xMoral and ethical aspects |xHistory. 650 0 Humanitarianism |xReligious aspects |xChristianity |xHistory. 651 0 Europe |xTerritorial expansion. 651 0 Europe |xColonies |xHistory. 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6361_700000000000000_509_STA |70 |8REF |9155417OSA |bOSA |d2021-11-12 |eOSA |l0 |o361.7/509 STA |r2021-11-12 |w2021-11-12 |yBK |cReference 920 01 JXdpnxXk 992 01 361_700000000000000_509_STA |bWTY_SZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_UZQ_76P 966 |cIn the Research Room