Science, Development, and Violence: The Revolt against Modernity (Oxford India Paperbacks) - Softcover

Alvares, Claude

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195632818 ISBN 13: 9780195632811

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994

Synopsis

In the last few decades, the idea of "development" has usually been associated with progress, modernity, and emancipation. The author argues that, to the contrary, it is actually a term that has been used to mask the organizational plunder of resources and instill violence into the culture. He demonstrates this with the abundant use of case studies as well as viable alternative forms of progress. This work will be of interest to those interested in the ecology and environmental studies, as well as development economists.

About this title

About the Author

Claude Alvares is a writer and activist on social and environmental issues and author of several classic works on these subjects

From the Back Cover

This book offers a lively and acute assessment of the actual aims, methods, and results of the development process, as against its ostensible aims.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195632818
• ISBN 13: 9780195632811
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186