RELS 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Political Freedom, Unfreedom, Chauvinism
9 May 2016
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Non tanglable parts of development are more important than say technology. 3rd = developing or underdelevoped push back because they do not want to get rid of culture and become westernized ex isis. India believes in political freedom is more important. The economic and social feature of development depend upon and the free agency of people. Freedom is an agent of development, not a result. Religion plays an important role in many global issues. India- 1 billion people in about 1/3 of space as u. s. Malthus- population grows at faster rate than rate of food production. Didn"t account for amount of people were going to move to america. Major stages in the development of the modern world. 1519 cortez-conquest of mexico until this time asia was more developed than europe. Cultural coercion-building schools, hospitals and other services to lure people into a cultural/religious system. Starting in 1750 machines do tasks that humans used to.
