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While generosity towards others is timeless, its humanitarian expression is highly historicized. Using the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as an example, this chapter will examine the conditions under which humanitarianism emerged and then took root, while highlighting the Christian, nationalist and racist foundations of this initiative, which its promoters wanted to be universalist. The second president of the ICRC, Gustave Moynier (1826–1910), is a perfect illustration of this apparent paradox, as he was also vice-consul for the Congo at a time when memorable massacres were taking place there, yet it did not cross his mind to denounce these.

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From Where? The Emergence of Modern Humanitarianism or the Blossoming of Western-Style Universal Charity (1859–1914)

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    2025年

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  • Irène Herrmann

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While generosity towards others is timeless, its humanitarian expression is highly historicized. Using the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as an example, this chapter will examine the conditions under which humanitarianism emerged and then took root, while highlighting the Christian, nationalist and racist foundations of this initiative, which its promoters wanted to be universalist. The second president of the ICRC, Gustave Moynier (1826–1910), is a perfect illustration of this apparent paradox, as he was also vice-consul for the Congo at a time when memorable massacres were taking place there, yet it did not cross his mind to denounce these.