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date: 14 February 2025

Critical Perspectives on Humanitarian Discourses Humanitarian Discourseslocked

Critical Perspectives on Humanitarian Discourses Humanitarian Discourseslocked

  • Marouf Hasian Jr.Marouf Hasian Jr.Department of Communication, University of Utah

Summary

Critical studies of humanitarian discourses involve the study of the arguments, claims, and evidence that are used to justify intervention or non-intervention in key local, regional, national, or international contexts. These discourses can take the form of arguing over whether we should practice isolationism and not intervene in the sovereign affairs of other countries, or they can take the form of deliberations over the transcend needs of populations that cope with myriad disasters. In some cases these discourses are produced by foreigners who believe that the less fortunate need to be rescued from their misery, while at other times humanitarian discourses can be used in discussions about the human rights of the disempowered. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), nation-states, celebrities, medical communications, and militaries are just a few of the rhetors that produce all of these humanitarian discourses.

Subjects

  • Communication Theory
  • Critical/Cultural Studies
  • Communication and Culture
  • International/Global Communication
  • Rhetorical Theory

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