Humanitarianism and Media: 1900 to the Present (New German Historical Perspectives, 9) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785339613 ISBN 13: 9781785339615

Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2018

Synopsis

From Christian missionary publications to the media strategies employed by today’s NGOs, this interdisciplinary collection explores the entangled histories of humanitarianism and media. It traces the emergence of humanitarian imagery in the West and investigates how the meanings of suffering and aid have been constructed in a period of evolving mass communication, demonstrating the extent to which many seemingly new phenomena in fact have long historical legacies. Ultimately, the critical histories collected here help to challenge existing asymmetries and help those who advocate a new cosmopolitan consciousness recognizing the dignity and rights of others.

About this title

About the Author:

Johannes Paulmann is Director of the Leibniz Institute of European History at Mainz (Germany). He was Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow 2014-15 at St Antony’s College, Oxford, and he edited Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid in the Twentieth Century (2016).

Review:

“Based on substantial archival research and informed by relevant theoretical debates, this thought-provoking volume engages the reader in an interdisciplinary exploration of the central role the media have played for humanitarian initiatives, contributing significantly to recent scholarship on the subject”. · Nina Berman, Arizona State University

“This volume consists of timely, useful, original contributions by historians, media scholars and anthropologists that will be essential reading for students”. · Davide Rodogno, Graduate Institute of Geneva

About this edition

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1785339613
• ISBN 13: 9781785339615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Paulmann Johannes