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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815709703321

Autore

Parfitt Trevor W. <1954->

Titolo

The end of development? : modernity, post-modernity and development / / Trevor Parfitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 2002

ISBN

1-84964-091-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 177 pages)

Collana

Third World in global politics The end of development?

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Development economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: The End of Development? -- 2 From Post- Modernity to Post- Development -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 From Modernity to Post- Modernity -- 2.3 Post- Development and its Discontents -- 2.4 Conclusions -- 3 Discourse of Power or Truth? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Archeologies and Genealogies -- 3.3 Discourse Ethics and the Problems of Application -- 4 Towards a Development of Least Violence? -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Deconstruction at First Sight -- 4.3 Ethics as First Philosophy -- 4.4 A Philosophy of the Least Violence -- 4.5 Undecidability and the Decision -- 4.6 Deconstruction, Politics, Development -- 4.7 Conclusions -- 5 New Social Movements: A Subject of Development? -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Social Movements and Permanent Revolution -- 5.3 An Islamic Politics of Least Violence? -- 5.4 Conclusions -- 6 Aid and the Principle of Least Violence -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Participation as a Development of Least Violence -- 6.3 Conclusions -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- al-Quaida group 132 -- al-Shaab group 138 -- Allende, Salvador 144 -- Alvarez, S. 120 -- American War of Independence -- 98 -9 -- 103 -- An-Naim, A. 133 -6 -- apartheid 23 -- aporia 96 -9 -- archaeology 47 -- arche 24 -- arche-writing -- 89 -90 -- 92 -- 93 -- 95 -- 98 -- 104 -- Arkhoun, M. 132 -3 -- arms industry 108 -- aufhebung 97 -- autonomy, individual -- 19 -- 20 -- 38 -- Bacon, Francis 15 -- Baker, R. 137 -8 -- Bali 144 -- Bangladesh 9 -- Barangay Amar Farmer's Association 153 -- Barangay Taludtod 154 -- Bauman, Z. 82 -- Bawtree, V. -- 4 -- 38 -- Beardsworth, R. --



7 5 -- 92 -- 93 -4 -- 96 -- 98 -- Benhabib, S. 62 -- Bennington, G. -- 75 -- 98 -- 104 -- 106 -- Blaug, R. -- 62 -8 -- 71 -- 72 -- 117 -- 126 -- 162 -- Boran people, East Africa -- 37 -- 38 -- bottom-up development -- 32 -- 159 -- 163.

Boyle, Robert 15 -- Burke, E. 22 -- Burkey, S. -- 146 -- 148 -- 151 -2 -- 154 -- 157 -- Burnell, P. 143 -4 -- Cambodia 114 -- Canada -- 69 -- 153 -- capitalism -- 38 -- 108 -9 -- 113 -- 117 -- 162 -- and development  39 -- and development  116 -- categorical imperatives -- 84 -- 85 -- change agents -- dangers of  153 -- dangers of  156 -- dangers of  157 -8 -- making contact  152 -3 -- role of  146 -- role of  150 -2 -- understanding community  148 -9 -- Chiapas -- 124 -- 125 -- 128 -- 131 -- Chile 144 -- China -- 39 -- 114 -- Chipko -- 9 -- 158 -- Clarkson, L. 38 -- class struggle -- 110 -- 111 -12 -- closure -- 6 -- 110 -- 118 -- 123 -- 128 -9 -- and consensus  163 -- and exclusion  94 -- and exclusion  97 -- and exclusion  115 -- and exclusion  117 -- and exclusion  126 -- and exclusion  131 -- and revolution  113 -- and revolution  128 -- COCEI [Coalition of Workers, Peasants and Students of the Isthmus] -- 129 -31 -- 140 -- 141 -- 163 -- Cohen, J. N. 85 -- Colombia -- 31 -- 32 -- communication 61 -- Communism -- 1 -- 2 -- 111 -- communities, and ethical relationship 86 -7 -- Comstock, D. E. 149 -50 -- Confucius -- 40 -- 118 -- conscientisation [animation] -- conscientisation [animation]  150 -- conscientisation [animation]  151 -- conscientisation [animation]  157 -- consensus -- 63 -- 68 -70 -- 115 -- 127 -- 163 -- Copernicus 14 -- Cowen, M. P. -- 4 -- 5 -- 39 -- 40 -- 41 -4 -- Critchley, S. -- 76 -- 80 -- 83 -8 -- 96 -- 101 -2 -- 106 -- Crush, J. 4 -- cultural relativism -- 27 -- 35 -7 -- 53 -- 69 -70 -- Dagnino, E. -- 121 -2 -- 123 -- 140 -- 141 -- Dahl, G. 38 -- decisions -- and exclusions  91 -3 -- and exclusions  101 -- and exclusions  105 -- and exclusions  106 -- and undecidability  88 -9 -- and undecidability  95 -106 -- through 'other in me'  104 -5 -- deconstruction -- 74 -- 75 -- 76 -80 -- and decision-making  104 -5.

and democracy  106 -7 -- and difference  115 -- and ethics  84 -- and ethics  86 -- and ethics  88 -- and ethics  96 -- and ethics  103 -- and ethics  115 -- and politics  78 -9 -- and politics  100 -6 -- and politics  115 -- and relationship to the other  96 -- and relationship to the other  97 -- as philosophy of least violence  89 -95 -- as philosophy of least violence  105 -- as philosophy of least violence  115 -- implications for action  105 -14 -- democracy -- 87 -8 -- 94 -5 -- 106 -7 -- 113 -- 127 -8 -- and exclusion  106 -- and exclusion  107 -- and vernacular societies  39 -40 -- promise of  109 -10 -- promise of  114 -- Derrida, J. -- 10 -11 -- 74 -80 -- 133 -- decision-making  95 -8 -- decision-making  101 -- decision-making  106 -- linguistics  89 -93 -- linguistics  95 -- linguistics  115 -- politics and ethics  100 -14 -- politics and ethics  116 -- politics and ethics  161 -- politics and ethics  162 -- Descartes, R. -- 15 -- 16 -- 17 -- 24 -- development -- benefits to people  31 -- benefits to people  33 -- benefits to people  50 -- and emancipation  4 -5 -- and emancipation  6 -- and emancipation  8 -- and emancipation  9 -- and emancipation  52 -- and imposition of power  7 -8 -- and politico-diplomatic considerations  143 -5 -- and power relations  28 -- and power relations  29 -30 -- and progress  7 -- and progress  8 -- and progress  41 -- and women  31 -- and women  33 -- as continuous process  162 -3 -- as continuous process  164 -- as harmful  4 -- as harmful  34 -- as harmful  38 -- as harmful  41 -- as harmful  115 -- as harmful  142 -- as harmful  145 -- as harmful  161 -- capabilities and entitlements  43 -- concept of  3 -4 -- need for  160 -- objectives



of  162 -- objectives of  164 -- planning  2 -3 -- planning  29 -- reform of  50 -- development agencies -- and openness  63 -- support for NSMs  79.

development discourse -- 29 -32 -- history of  40 -1 -- problems  28 -9 -- problems  31 -- problems  46 -- problems  48 -- differance 78 -- discipline -- 47 -8 -- 49 -- 56 -- 57 -- 58 -- discourse -- and power  28 -- and power  45 -- and power  47 -- and power  49 -- and power  51 -- and power  57 -8 -- and relativism  57 -- and truth  28 -- and truth  51 -- and truth  54 -- and truth  56 -- and truth  60 -- discourse ethics -- 59 -73 -- 115 -- 162 -3 -- and cultural difference  69 -70 -- and cultural difference  71 -2 -- and judgements  65 -6 -- and judgements  67 -8 -- implementation  63 -8 -- implementation  71 -- disempowerment -- 29 -- 63 -- Dreyfus, H. L. and S. 67 -- Dryzek, J. S. 64 -- Dupré, L. -- 13 -- 16 -- 25 -- economy of violence 93 -- Egypt -- 137 -9 -- 144 -- Egyptian War 138 -- Ehteshami, A. 132 -- emancipation -- 4 -5 -- 6 -- 8 -- and democracy  107 -- and NSMs  5 -- and NSMs  9 -- and NSMs  52 -- and participatory development  158 -- as continuous process  150 -- Enlightenment -- 13 -- 20 -- 46 -- Escobar, A. -- 4 -- 5 -- 8 -- 28 -33 -- 45 -- 50 -- 55 -- relativism  36 -- relativism  43 -- top-down development  142 -- top-down development  143 -- Esteva, G. -- concept of development  3 -- concept of development  6 -- and emancipatory movements  9 -- and emancipatory movements  10 -- and emancipatory movements  12 -- and emancipatory movements  33 -7 -- and emancipatory movements  124 -- and emancipatory movements  129 -- and emancipatory movements  131 -- and vernacular societies  37 -- and vernacular societies  118 -- and vernacular societies  140 -- critique of development  4 -- critique of development  5 -- critique of development  7 -- relativism  35 -7 -- relativism  43 -- ethical relationship -- 59 -- 81 -- 82 -- 83 -4 -- 85 -- and third party  86 -8 -- and third party  101 -- and third party  102 -3 -- and violence  95.

ethics -- as first philosophy  80 -9 -- and rigid systems  80 -- and rigid systems  88 -- and violence  104 -- pervertibility of  104 -- universal  10 -- ethnic cleansing -- 25 -- 53 -- 71 -2 -- EU aid 144 -- exclusion -- 59 -- 73 -- 91 -8 -- 129 -30 -- and capitalism  108 -9 -- and closure  94 -- and closure  95 -- and closure  97 -- and closure  115 -- and closure  117 -- and closure  126 -- and closure  131 -- and decisions  91 -3 -- and decisions  101 -- and decisions  105 -- and decisions  106 -- and democracy  106 -- and democracy  107 -- and free speech  63 -- and violence  93 -- and violence  94 -6 -- and violence  98 -- and violence  103 -4 -- and violence  105 -- and violence  115 -16 -- and violence  117 -- and violence  131 -2 -- Eyadema, General G. 144 -- fascism 131 -- Faurisson, R. 27 -- feminism -- 31 -- 72 -- 115 -- Fichte, J. G. 18 -- Flacks, R. -- 119 -- 123 -- Flynn, T. 47 -- Foucault, M. -- 4 -- 5 -- 10 -11 -- 28 -- 45 -59 -- 92 -- relativism  51 -3 -- relativism  72 -- validity of theories  51 -- validity of theories  58 -- foundationalism -- 20 -1 -- 23 -6 -- 27 -8 -- 45 -- 77 -8 -- 115 -- and exclusions  43 -- and exclusions  59 -- and exclusions  62 -- and exclusions  75 -- and exclusions  89 -- and vernacular societies  39 -40 -- Fox, R. 149 -50 -- France 144 -- Fraser, N. 51 -- free market -- 1 -- 38 -- 112 -- free speech 63 -4 -- freedom -- 94 -- 103 -4 -- Freire, P. -- 145 -6 -- 157 -- French Revolution 22 -- Freud, S. 97 -- Fukuyama, F. 107 -- genealogy -- 47 -- 49 -- 56 -- globalisation -- 112 -- 120 -- God -- 14 -- 15 -- 16 -- 17 -- 19 -- Gramsci, A. -- 121 -- 122 -- Gulag Archipelago 22 -- Gulen, F. 139 -40 -- Gulf War 138 -- Habermas, J. -- 5 -- 6 -- 45 -6 -- 54 -- 59 -73 -- and difference  115 -- ideal speech situation  61 --



ideal speech situation  63 -5 -- ideal speech situation  117 -- ideal speech situation  126.

ideal speech situation  163.

Sommario/riassunto

Outlines a radical new approach to development studies in the light of the policies imposed by the IMF and World Bank.