Civil Wars and the Dialectic of Humanitarianism, 1914–1949
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7150909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Gatrell (0000-0002-5945-6868, University of Manchester), John Horne (0000-0003-4389-8204, Trinity College Dublin), John K Horne (0000-0002-3610-5379, Trinity College Dublin), Elisabeth Piller (0000-0002-8661-7727, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1190-1200 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0960-7773 • E-ISSN: 1469-2171 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0960777325101094 |
| OpenAlex | W4414147653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This response to Robert Gerwarth and Gwendal Piégais’s special issue on humanitarianism and civil wars in Europe has three parts. First, it aims to situate the authors’ findings in the broader context of what might be termed the ‘dialectic of humanitarianism’ – namely the reciprocal tendency of the violence of war, and notably civil war, and the mobilisation of humanitarian aid for its victims, to reinforce each other. Second, it considers in more detail some of the implications of the findings of all of the authors on the specific challenges posed by civil wars for ‘humanitarianism’ and for the ways in which we might write the history of the latter in the future. Finally, it reflects briefly on one key aspect of that history, namely the politicisation of humanitarian aid
Context (archaeology) · Dialectic · Key (lock) · Reciprocal · Spanish Civil War · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · North African History and Literature
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |