Affairs of Humanity
The Religious Origins of Humanitarian Diplomacy in Britain and Europe, 1690-1748
The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
Arnold, Catherine
- 出版社:Yale University Press
- 出版年月:2025年 11月
- ISBN:9780300251432
- 装丁:HRD
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装丁について
- 言語:ENG
- 巻数・ページ数:352 p.
- DDC分類:941.068
- 内容紹介:
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Locating the religious origins of humanitarian politics in early eighteenth-century Britain and Europe, this book shows how British politicians came to argue that the sentiment of humanity - the need to prevent innocent people from being unjustly punished by their governments - trumped state sovereignty and justified intervening in other states’ domestic affairs.