02784nam 2200505 450 991074696920332120231024162820.0981-9923-25-510.1007/978-981-99-2325-0(MiAaPQ)EBC30757739(Au-PeEL)EBL30757739(DE-He213)978-981-99-2325-0(EXLCZ)992832863530004120231024d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWalking on the Edge of the Abyss Conversations with Gustavo Esteva /edited by Kin Chi Lau, Rafael Escobedo, and David BarkinFirst edition.Singapore :Palgrave Macmillan,[2023]©20231 online resource (320 pages)Global University for Sustainability Book SeriesPrint version: Lau, Kin Chi Walking on the Edge of the Abyss Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,c2023 9789819923243 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. Learning -- 3. Development -- 4. Autonomy -- 5. Interculturality.The book is a collection of essays written by Gustavo Esteva over the last 20 years. In this book, Gustavo Esteva, renowned in Mexico as a philosopher on education and on developmentalism, collects four major areas of his writings: on learning, development, autonomy, and interculturality. A memorial to a great thinker, this book stimulates thoughts on developmentalism across the global south. Kin Chi Lau is Adjunct Associate Professor in cultural studies, and also coordinator of the Programme on Cultures of Sustainability, Centre for Cultural Research and Development, Lingnan University. She is also a Founding Member of Global University for Sustainability. Rafael Escobedo does research at the intersection of organizational theory, agrarian, and non-state societies, with a special interest in the role of peasant farmers and seasonal farmworkers subaltern politics. David Barkin is a distinguished professor in Economics, Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico, and a founding member of the Ecodevelopment Centre.Global University for Sustainability Book Series,2752-7387Philosophy, MexicanPhilosophy, Modern21st centuryPhilosophy, Mexican.Philosophy, Modern199.72Lau Kin ChiEscobedo RafaelBarkin DavidMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910746969203321Walking on the Edge of the Abyss3578490UNINA