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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://citruslibrary.worldcat.org/oclc/1252843736 Title: On the idea of humanitarian intervention : a new compartmentalization of IR theories Author: Piotr Pietrzak Publisher: Stuttgart : Ibidem Verlag, [2021] ISBN/ISSN: 3838215923 9783838215921 OCLC:1252843736

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On the idea of humanitarian intervention : a new compartmentalization of IR theories

Author:	Piotr Pietrzak
Publisher:	Stuttgart : Ibidem Verlag, [2021]
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : First editionView all editions and formats

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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Piotr Pietrzak Find more information about:
ISBN:	3838215923 9783838215921
OCLC Number:	1252843736
Description:	290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:	Chapter One. On the Main Motivation behind this Project, its Main Hypothesis, its Feasibility, and its Methodology -- Chapter Two. Adopting an Ontological Mode of Thinking in IR theory -- Chapter Three. A Brief Introduction to the "Typical" IR Debate on the Idea of Humanitarian Intervention -- Chapter Four. On the idea of Humanitarian Intervention seen through the prism of the International Relations (IR) theory -- Chapter Five. The IR-Related Scientific Ontology of In Statu Nascendi and the Challenge in the General Understanding the Idea of Humanitarian Intervention -- Chapter Six. The Global Pleas for Humanitarian Intervention in Syria -- Chapter Seven. Addressing the Need for a Deeper Philosophical Turn in Future IR theory-related Investigations -- Chapter Eight. SWOT Analysis of In Statu Nascendi type of Ontology, the Idea of Humanitarian Intervention In Statu Nascendi, & the New Experimental Phase of Further Debates on Selected Humanitarian Emergencies.
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It was a pleasure to read! Pietrzak seems to be a huge fan of Derrida

by GrahamEagle54 (WorldCat user published 2022-03-24) Excellent

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Surely, Pietrzak operates in the realm of ideas, as he admits there is a speculative component to his reach. In essence, this publication aims at revisiting the reasons behind the international community's abstention to intervene in Syria from various perspectives. It starts with the deliberation on the Security Council vote on the draft resolution S/2012/77 in the early stages of the Syrian uprising. Then the author takes us through our global response to the Ghouta Chemical Attacks, the arrival of ISIS and al-Nusra in Syria and Iraq, Russian intervention in Syria in 2015 and he ends with his evaluation of the situation in this country after 2018.

He suggests that there were at least five opportunities to avert the course of history when it comes to Syria, but they were all missed. In his opinion, the last 11 years of this unimaginable human suffering could be prevented if only we would have the guts to intervene in this country in 2012, 2013, or 2014. Pietrzak is right to claim that it was too late after 2015 for the milk has been spilled and this irreplaceable damage and destruction to this country’s cultural heritage, industrial infrastructure and massive suffering of ordinary people was already done by Bashar al-Assad accomplices’ Vladimir Putin of Russia, Hezbollah and Iran who supported the Syrian President throughout most the Syrian civil war.

But this book is not only about Syria. Syria is just a case study in a broader debate on the idea of humanitarian intervention in general. Throughout the book's eight chapters, Pietrzak shows there are plenty of hidden paradoxes around the idea of humanitarian intervention, for it connects both the idea of military reaction and humanitarian response to save civilians in an ongoing military conflict.

He also reminds us that any military action, even if it is undertaken under genuinely humanitarian pretenses, presents a considerable risk to intervening forces. Not to mention the fact that the whole concept is open to abuse for several cynical politicians would have preferred to present their actual wars as a humanitarian intervention than their actions in Ukraine (Putin) or Iraq (Bush Jr.) as actual wars. Adding this humanitarian component to any military operation can be appealing for it could distract the domestic audience from an actual scale of destruction and the smell of the rotting bodies of civilians.

I need to admit that just like me, Pietrzak seems to be a huge fan of Jacque Derrida and his idea of deconstruction and reanimation of concept for he opens a deep philosophical discussion, supported by many valid ontological deliberations that kill the illusion of static, tangible, and pre-given nature of this concept and replaces it with this unique elusiveness, temporarily and the liquid character of the contemporary idea of humanitarian intervention. It was a pleasure to read!

Robert Ptak, Independent Consultant: Middle East, North Africa, Asia

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This book is absolutely amazing!

by greenirtheory (WorldCat user published 2022-03-21) Excellent

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Tighten your seat belts and prepare yourself for a real treat for this addictive page-turner will change your perception of the global architecture of power, the idea of humanitarianism, international law, all theories of international relations, political theory, and ontology that proves very useful...
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