HIST 358: HUMANITARIANISM FROM 19TH C.
Fall 2024 · Section 001 · CRN 16777
This course surveys the history of humanitarian sentiment and practices in the West form the 19th Century to the present. It is conceived as a critical investigation of the humanitarian movement and examines various patterns of Western interventions on behalf of "suffering humanity." Topics covered are evangelicalism, abolitionism, colonialism and war humanitarianism, as well as United Nations humanitarianism since 1945.
- Credits
- 3
- Instructors
- Daniel Cohen