Decolonizing Knowledge: From Development to Dialogue

ISBN-13: 9780198288848 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 408 str.

Marglin Apffel-Marglin; Stephen A. Marglin; Frederique Apffel-Marglin

Opis

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.

Recenzje

This volume takes a strong step in what strikes me as the right direction. - Ann Grodzins Gold. Religious Studies Review. April 1998.