Nonhuman Humanitarians av Benjamin Meiches

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<P><B>Examining the appearance of nonhuman animals laboring alongside humans in humanitarian operations</B><BR/><BR/> </P><P>Both critical and mainstream scholarly work on humanitarianism have largely been framed from anthropocentric perspectives highlighting humanity as the rationale for providing care to others. In <I>Nonhuman Humanitarians,</I> Benjamin Meiches explores the role of animals laboring alongside humans in humanitarian operations, generating new ethical possibilities of care in humanitarian practice.</P><P><I>Nonhuman Humanitarians</I> examines how these animals not only improve specific practices of humanitarian aid but have started to transform the basic tenets of humanitarianism. Analyzing case studies of mine-clearance dogs, milk-producing cows and goats, and disease-identifying rats, <I>Nonhuman Humanitarians</I> ultimately argues that nonhuman animal contributions problematize foundational assumptions about the emotional and rational capacities of humanitarian ac