Development as modernity, modernity as development / / Lwazi Siyabonga Lushaba

• Autore: Lushaba Lwazi
• Pubblicazione: Dakar, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (80 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9
• Soggetto topico: Modernization; Economic development - Africa; Economic development - Social aspects
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Social conditions; Africa Politics and government
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-72).
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 was used to justify the Western exploitation and oppression of Africa. It argues that contemporary development, theory and practice is a continuation of the Enlightenment project and that Africa can only achieve real development by rejecting Western modernity and inventing its own forms of modernity. The book i
• Titolo autorizzato: Development as modernity, modernity as development
• ISBN: 1-282-90132-X; 9786612901324; 2-86978-393-0; 2-86978-349-3; 2-86978-302-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821320103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II