摘要：Recently published at the European Institute Publishing House, .L'idéologie Humanitaire ou le Spectacle de l'Altérité Perdue" ("The Humanitarian Ideology or the Spectacle of Lost Otherness"), by Bernard Hours, changes the perspective from which the humanitarian pheno- menon is approached; until now, the emotional side was emphasized, culminating in the political campaigns, but the phenomenon was not analysed in social terms, those of sustainable development. Being a pioneer of medical anthropology, the author has extensive knowledge of the countries of the South (i.e. the least developed nations, South of the North-South divide, in geopolitical terms). This paper is deeply marked by the anthropologist's authentic perception. In identifying the historical stages of medical anthropology, Bernard Hours concludes that perfect health is a utopia that will develop the illusion of creating a comprehensive health management model. As the author explains in the introduction, the book brings together ten articles focusing on the humanitarian domain, a .massive" phenomenon to which this approach gives new values, other than those we were used to. The humanitarian phenomenon is rarely considered an ideology, although it bears all its hallmarks. Most of the times .the
