The limits of agency: Emily Hobhouse's international activism and the politics of suffering
The limits of agency: Emily Hobhouse's international activism and the politics of suffering
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代理的局限性：艾米莉·霍布豪斯的国际行动主义和苦难政治
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10.1080/17533171.2018.1404744
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发表时间：
2018
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0.4
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Gill R
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Gill R
本文将英国福利工作者、女权主义者、和平主义者艾米丽·霍布豪斯（1860-1926）在两段大部分未被记录的跨国行动中所采取的行动拼凑在一起：首先，她在美国明尼苏达州弗吉尼亚州的康沃尔矿工部工作；其次，她在南非战争（1899-1902）后的重建时期的干预。本文试图将霍布豪斯的行动主义语境化，并对她的行动的限制和约束提供更广泛的理解。最终，她的行动主义需要一个政治演员和当权派人物的礼物平台，并依赖于特定政治和官僚局势的波动。基于对南非和英国档案中未记录材料的仔细检查，本文在更广泛的人道主义政治背景下调查了霍布豪斯的传教士和慈善角色。它展示了女性的激进主义和她们在幕后的政治活动如何影响现代帝国和国际事务中的政治决策。
This article pieces together the activism of the British welfare worker and feminist-pacifist Emily Hobhouse (1860–1926) during two largely unrecorded episodes of transnational activism: firstly, her ministry of Cornish miners in Virginia, Minnesota, in the United States; and secondly, her interventions during the period of reconstruction following the South African War (1899–1902). The article endeavors to contextualize Hobhouse’s activism and offer a broader understanding of the limitations and restraints on her actions. Ultimately, her activism required a platform that was in the gift of political actors and establishment figures, and dependent on fluctuations within specific political and bureaucratic situations. Based on close inspection of undocumented material in both South African and British archives, the article investigates Hobhouse’s repertoire of missionary and philanthropic roles within a wider context of humanitarian politics. It demonstrates how women’s activism and their behind-the-scenes politicking informed political decision-making in modern imperial and international affairs.