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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; The Enlightenment and Modernity; Mapping the Genealogy of Modernity; Early Modernity; Capitalist Modernity; Hyper-Modernity (Global Capitalism); Beyond Western Modernity; Conclusion; Notes; References; Mapping the Genealogy of Modernity

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