The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power (Development Essentials) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1856490440 ISBN 13: 9781856490443

Verlag: Zed Books Ltd, 1992

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'Short, pithy and well reasoned... There is something in each chapter to challenge, even assault, our dearest, most tightly held assumptions.' Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 'Unique...the book is a scream of pain from the receiving end of a process experienced as cultural genocide.' Guardian 'The Development Dictionary questions the whole basis for twentieth century development through a series of brilliantly written essays by leading writers from around the world.' Resurgence Reviews of the First Edition: 'Unique...the book is a scream of pain from the receiving end of a process experienced as cultural genocide.' The Guardian 'Short, pithy and well reasoned... There is something in each chapter to challenge, even assault, our dearest, most tightly held assumptions.' Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 'The Development Dictionary questions the whole basis for twentieth century development through a series of brilliantly written essays by leading writers from around the world.' Resurgence

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In this pioneering collection, some of the world's most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse in the post-war era. Each essay examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias. Exposing their historical obsolescence and intellectual sterility, the authors call for a bidding farewell to the whole Eurocentric development idea. This is urgently needed, they argue, in order to liberate people's minds - in both North and South - for bold responses to the environmental and ethical challenges now confronting humanity. These essays are an invitation to experts, grassroots movements and students of development to recognize the tainted glasses they put on whenever they participate in the development discourse.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Zed Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1856490440
• ISBN 13: 9781856490443
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
• Herausgeber: Sachs Wolfgang