The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power, Second Edition (Development Essentials)

The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power, Second Edition (Development Essentials) by Sachs, Wolfgang. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781848133808.

In this classic collection, some of the worlds most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse. Each essay examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias. Exposing their historical obsolescence and intellectual sterility, the authors call for a bidding farewell to the whole Eurocentric development idea. This is urgently needed, they argue, in order to liberate peoples minds -- in both North and South -- for bold responses to the environmental and ethical challenges now confronting humanity.The combined result forms a must-read invitation to experts, grassroots movements and students of development to recognize the tainted glasses they put on whenever they participate in the development discourse.