Development as modernity, modernity as development /

This book analyses the impact of the Western idea of 'modernity' on development and underdevelopment in Africa. It traces the genealogy of the Western idea of modernity from European Enlightenment concepts of the universal nature of human history and development, and shows how this idea wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lushaba, Lwazi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dakar : CODESRIA, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, ©2009.
Colección:Interventions series.
Temas:
Modernization.
Economic development > Social aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Economic development > Social aspects
Politics and government
Social conditions
Africa > Social conditions.
Africa > Politics and government.
Afrique > Conditions sociales.
Afrique > Politique et gouvernement.
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book analyses the impact of the Western idea of 'modernity' on development and underdevelopment in Africa. It traces the genealogy of the Western idea of modernity from European Enlightenment concepts of the universal nature of human history and development, and shows how this idea was used to justify the Western exploitation and oppression of Africa. It argues that contemporary development, theory and practice is a continuation of the Enlightenment project and that Africa can only achieve real development by rejecting Western modernity and inventing its own forms of modernity. The book i.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (72 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-72).
ISBN:9782869783027
2869783027
9782869783935
2869783930

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