Decolonizing Knowledge: From Development to Dialogue (WIDER Studies in Development Economics) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Decolonizing Knowledge: From Development to Dialogue (WIDER Studies in Development Economics) Book

Decolonizing Knowledge : Hardback : Oxford University Press : 9780198288848 : 0198288840 : 25 Jul 1996 : This book argues that the linear evolutionary paradigm of development that comes out of the modern Western view of knowledge is a contemporary form of colonialism. The authors propose a pluralistic vision and a decolonization of knowledge; the replacement of one-way transfers of knowledge and technology by dialogue and mutual learning.Read More

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    Development failures, environmental degradation and social fragmentation can no longer be regarded as "side effects." They are the toxic consequences of pretensions that the modern Western view of knowledge is a universal neutral view, applicable to all people at all times. This work argues that the linear evolutionary paradigm of development emerging from the modern Western view of knowledge is a contemporary form of colonialism. The work proposes a pluralistic vision and a decolonization of knowledge: the replacement of one-way transfers of knowledge and technology by dialogue and mutual learning. It will be of interest to scholars of development studies, sociology, and anthropology.

  • 0198288840
  • 9780198288848
  • 25 April 1996
  • Clarendon Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 408
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