The Westernization of the Wolrd - Significance, Scope and Limits of the Drive Toards Global Uniformity

Informationen zum Autor Serge Latouche is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Paris XI. Klappentext Serge Latouche is one of Europe's leading authorities on the political economy of the Third World. In this provocative new book, he argues that the historical rise of the West to world domination has brought widespread destruction in its wake. Latouche suggests that the drive towards global uniformity - of cultures, lifestyles and mentalities - has been the cause of untold political and economic disasters: ruined industries, widespread national debt, endless coups d'État, endemic civil wars, and the erosion of all non-western cultures. Latouche mounts a powerful critique of the western concept of Third World 'development'. He argues that it has become synonymous with the accumulation of capital and is driven by specifically western values: technical progress, universalism and the mystery of nature - values which ought to be called into question. Oppressed people, he claims, want nothing to do with this kind of development: they aspire simply to survive, and if possible to live well, according to their own values and cultural choices. This challenging and iconoclastic book will be essential reading for students and researchers in development studies, sociology, politics, and the economics of development. Zusammenfassung * Provocative new book by one of Europea s leading authorities on social and economic development in the Third World* Puts forward a bold argument! challenging the western concept of "development" and the values it represents. . Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the English Edition. Introduction. 1. The Irresistible Rise of the West: The Crusaders' Revenge. 2. Where and What is the West?. 3. Uprooting the Planet. 4. The Limits of World-wide Westernization. 5. Beyond or Elsewhere. 6. Must we Save Babel?. Appendices. Index. ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: S Latouche, Serge Latouche, Latouche Serge, Simon Leung
• Collaboration: Rosemary Morris (Traduction)
• Edition: Polity Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 27.03.1996
• EAN: 9780745614298
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-1429-8
• Pages: 160
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 9 mm
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, General & world history, Political Economy, Sociology & anthropology, General and world history, Development economics & emerging economies, Sociology and anthropology, Development economics and emerging economies