From Politization of Human Rights to the Formation of Universal Identity: An Analysis of the Evolution of Western Humanitarian Discourse

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of the evolution of humanitarian discourse in the nations of the West after the Second World War. Analyzing the transformation of approaches to the interpretation of human rights, human security and development presented in the program documents and political practice of the European Union countries and the USA, the author addresses the relationship between the politicization of humanitarian discourse and the universalization of the Western political identity.

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