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
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: CODESRIA 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Developing & Emerging Countries.
Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries.
social sciences.
Sciences sociales.
Electronic resource.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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