Grassroots Postmodernism: Remaking the Soil of Cultures

ISBN-13: 9781783601820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 248 str.

Gustavo Esteva

Opis

Grassroots Post-modernism resolutely attacks the three sacred cows of modernity - the idea that there is only one, universally valid way of understanding social reality; the exclusive and general validity of Western-defined notions of 'human'; and the notion of the self-sufficient individual, as opposed to people-in-community - that have so grotesquely warped hour view of the human condition. Esteva and Prakash argue that even alternative development prescriptions deprive the people of control over their own lives, shifting this control to bureaucrats, technocrats, and educators. Rather than presuming that human progress fits some predetermined mold, leading toward an increasing homogenization of cultures and life styles, the authors argue for a 'radical pluralism' that honours and nurtures enables many paths to the realization of self-defined aspirations.This classic text is essential reading for those looking beyond Neoliberalism, the global project and the individual self.

Spis treści

Foreword by Vandana Shiva Preface to the critique influence change edition 1. Grassroots Post-modernism: Beyond the Individual Self, Human Rights and Development 2. From the Global to the Local: Beyond Neoliberalism to the International of Hope 3. Beyond the Individual Self: Regenerating Ourselves. 4. Human Rights: The Trojan Horse of Recolonization? 5. People's Power: Radical Democracy for the Autonomy of their Commons 6. Epilogue: The Grassroots Post-modern Epic