The book examines the patterns of co-option and collaboration between the ethical and political traditions of the humanitarianism in various world political spectacles: September 11th, Iraq and Afganistan, Darfur, SARS and Avian Flu, and US transformational HIV/AIDS diplomacy.

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"Aaltola has written an importantand highly stimulating book that asks serious questions about pain and the humanitarian response. Buddha's injunction to be 'compassionate' will never seem simple again." - Stephen Chan, Professor of International Relations, University of London

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MIKA AALTOLA is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.

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Book Title: Western Spectacle of Governance and the Emergence of Humanitarian World Politics
Authors: Mika Aaltola
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622104
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62210-4Published: 08 June 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 204
Topics: Political Sociology, Public Policy, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Political Science, Politics of the Welfare State

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Front Matter

Introduction

Violent Vortexes of Compassion

Vorticity in Action: Compassions, Stimulations, and Mutual Regressions

Compassion as a Morality Drama at the Profiled EU and U.S. Borders

Compassions at International Airports: The Hub-and-Spoke Pedagogy of the American Empire

Political Compassions under Pandemic Spectacles

Beyond Humanitarian Compassion

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