An anthropological critique of development : the growth of ignorance /

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Challenges the utopian view of Western knowledge as uniquely successful in its application to economic and social development. The contributors offer an enthographic critique using case studies from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hobart, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 1993.
Temas:
Acculturation.
Intercultural communication.
Technical assistance > Anthropological aspects.
Economic development > Social aspects.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Assistance technique > Aspect anthropologique.
Sociologie de la connaissance.
sociology of knowledge.
Acculturation
Economic development > Social aspects
Intercultural communication
Knowledge, Sociology of
Technical assistance > Anthropological aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction: the growth of ignorance?; Segmentary knowledge: a Whalsay sketch; Processes and limitations of Dogon agricultural knowledge; Cultivation: knowledge or performance?; His lordship at the Cobblers' well; Is death the same everywhere? contexts of knowing and doubting; Scapegoat and magic charm: law in development theory and practice; Knowledge and ignorance in the practices of development policy; The negotiation of knowledge and ignorance in China's development strategy.

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