TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mitchell,Audra
TI  - International intervention in a secular age : re-enchanting humanity? 
T2  - Interventions
SN  - 9781138896628
AV  - JZ6368 .M576 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Intervention (International Law)
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-202) and index
N2  - "International intervention is not just about 'saving' human lives: it is also an attempt to secure humanity's place in the universe. This book explores the Western secular beliefs that underpin contemporary practices of intervention--most importantly, beliefs about life, death and the dominance of humanity. These beliefs shape a wide range of practices: the idea that human beings should intervene when human lives are at stake; analyses of violence and harm; practices of intervention and peace-building; and logics of killing and letting die. Ironically, however, the Western secular desire to ensure the meaningfulness of human life at all costs contributes to processes of dehumanization, undercutting the basic goals of intervention. To explore this paradox, International Intervention in a Secular Age engages with examples from around the world, and draws on interdisciplinary sources: anthropologies of secularity and IR, posthumanist political philosophy, ontology and the sociology of death. It offers new insight into perennial problems, such as the reluctance of intervenors to incur fatalities, and international inaction in the face of escalating violence. It also exposes new dilemmas, such as the dehumanizing effects analyzing violence and of 'transformative' peace-building processes"--; "This book explores the Western secular beliefs that underpin contemporary practices of intervention - most importantly, beliefs about life, death and the primacy of humanity"--
ER  -