LA
JUSTICE DANS LA PEAU
Géopolitique
de l’action humanitaire
An innate sense of Justice
The geopolitics of humanitarian activities
Denis VIÉNOT
Préface d'Éric FOTTORINO
Desclée de Brouwer, Paris 2010
ISBN:
978-2-220-06195-5
“This is the grim and compelling account presented by Denis Viénot throughout these pages which are a series of voyages to the very heart of the human condition. Whether he is in Iraq or Romania, in the women’s prison in Riga, in Lebanon or South America, in Uganda, or elsewhere on this suffering planet, Denis Viénot is on the side of the weak, of children and their mothers, and of society’s rejects, victims of the silent violence born of extreme poverty, the neglect of the major powers when they choose self-interest over sharing and showing compassion. (…) Almost imperceptibly, these pages demonstrate a profound reflection on the meaning of what is just, on nobleness and the limits of humanitarian action, with the idea that suffering should always be taken into account, that the stronger party, the hand that gives, is not there to subjugate the hand that receives. This is also the lesson of this book. We are enriched by the contact with those who have nothing”, writes Eric Fottorino in the preface.
English translation: Valérie Perales