Adapt or Die? Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality

The epistemic terrain of humanitarian morality has undergone a profound paradigmatic transformation in recent years. The turn towards “resilience” as a structuring principle in aid programmes has produced new modes of governance that challenge what I call the moral exceptionalism of humanitarianism’...

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Firoz, Malay
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2022
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Universidad EAFIT
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Ethics
ethnography
development
humanitarianism
neoliberalism
resilience
Ética
etnografía
desarrollo
humanitarismo
neoliberalismo
resiliencia
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spelling Universidad Estatal de ArizonaFiroz, Malay20222024-02-16T20:20:14Z20222024-02-16T20:20:14Z1794-58872539-1205https://hdl.handle.net/10784/3333010.17230/co-herencia.19.36.4The epistemic terrain of humanitarian morality has undergone a profound paradigmatic transformation in recent years. The turn towards “resilience” as a structuring principle in aid programmes has produced new modes of governance that challenge what I call the moral exceptionalism of humanitarianism’s mandate. This article traces the trajectory of moralism in humanitarian studies, exploring how the productive tension between contrapuntal readings of humanitarianism as moral intent or biopolitical care is transcended by the resilience paradigm’s ontological vision of an intrinsically fragile and vulnerable world. Contrary to theoretical critiques of resilience as an extension of neoliberal tenets to global governance, I draw on the context of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan to argue that resilience humanitarianism has in fact prompted a return to state welfare as the final guarantor of refugee rights.El terreno epistémico de la moral humanitaria ha sufrido una profunda transformación paradigmática en los últimos años. El giro hacia la “resiliencia” como principio estructurador en los programas de ayuda ha producido nuevos modos de gobernanza que desafían lo que denomino el excepcionalismo moral del mandato del humanitarismo. Este artículo rastrea la trayectoria del moralismo en los estudios humanitarios, explorando cómo la tensión productiva entre las lecturas en contrapunto del humanitarismo como intención moral o cuidado biopolítico es superada por la visión ontológica del paradigma de la resiliencia de un mundo intrínsecamente frágil y vulnerable. Contrariamente a las críticas teóricas de la resiliencia como una extensión de los principios neoliberales a la gobernanza global, me baso en el contexto de la crisis de los refugiados sirios en Jordania para argumentar que el humanitarismo de la resiliencia, de hecho, ha provocado un retorno al bienestar estatal como el garante final de los derechos de los refugiados.application/pdfengUniversidad EAFIThttps://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/co-herencia/article/view/7108https://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/co-herencia/article/view/7108Copyright © 2022 Malay FirozopenAccessLibre accesohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Co-herencia, Vol. 19, Núm. 36 (2022)Adapt or Die? Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality¿Adaptarse o morir? El discurso de la resiliencia y los contornos cambiantes de la moralidad humanitariaarticleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlepublishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArtículohttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1EthicsethnographydevelopmenthumanitarianismneoliberalismresilienceÉticaetnografíadesarrollohumanitarismoneoliberalismoresilienciaCo-herencia193695129ORIGINALadapt-or-die.pdfTexto completoapplication/pdf3928374https://repository.eafit.edu.co/bitstreams/3e45a0cc-5849-4272-a458-383e2310269d/download37db9239822f00e60275e076272b8156MD51THUMBNAILminiatura-coherencia[536].jpgCarátulaimage/jpeg230829https://repository.eafit.edu.co/bitstreams/b9d61216-6bab-43a4-a4a5-d9fdc86a4693/download6c3e6ec217fd7c11f79cdda26d9319a2MD5210784/33330oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/333302024-02-16 16:31:58.603open.accesshttps://repository.eafit.edu.coRepositorio Institucional Universidad EAFITrepositorio@eafit.edu.co
dc.title.eng.fl_str_mv Adapt or Die? Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality
dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv ¿Adaptarse o morir? El discurso de la resiliencia y los contornos cambiantes de la moralidad humanitaria
title Adapt or Die? Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality
spellingShingle Adapt or Die? Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality
Ethics
ethnography
development
humanitarianism
neoliberalism
resilience
Ética
etnografía
desarrollo
humanitarismo
neoliberalismo
resiliencia
title_short Adapt or Die? Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality
title_full Adapt or Die? Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality
title_fullStr Adapt or Die? Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality
title_full_unstemmed Adapt or Die? Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality
title_sort Adapt or Die? Resilience Discourse and the Shifting Contours of Humanitarian Morality
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Firoz, Malay
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Firoz, Malay
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ethnography
development
humanitarianism
neoliberalism
resilience
topic Ethics
ethnography
development
humanitarianism
neoliberalism
resilience
Ética
etnografía
desarrollo
humanitarismo
neoliberalismo
resiliencia
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Ética
etnografía
desarrollo
humanitarismo
neoliberalismo
resiliencia
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