What's there to mourn? Decolonial reflections on (the end of) liberal humanitarianism

Author(s)
Rutazibwa, O. U.
Pages
3pp
Date published
01 Jan 2019
Publisher
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs
Type
Articles
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Development & humanitarian aid, System-wide performance

This paper questions the extent to which the (arguable) end of the liberal humanitarian order is something to be mourned. Suggesting that current laments for the decline of humanitarianism reflect a Eurocentric worldview, it calls for a fundamental revision of the assumptions informing humanitarian scholarship. Decoloniality and anti-colonialism should be taken seriously so as to not reproduce the same by a different name after the end of the liberal order.