IAFF 6101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3.1: Geopolitics, Eurocentrism, Great Transition
12 May 2016
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Move from universe to world as pluriverse (condition for coexistence of multiple world) Planetarization humans and other living beings can exist in a mutually enhancing way. Tremendous role of china and india in the global economy. Realignments in global geopolitics in the aftermath of 9/11. Impact of categories and uses of knowledge (whose and what counts in dev?) Recent push to look to alternative understandings of the world and development. Dev economics and neoliberal economics have been undermined by the financial crisis, but the impact of the economy on the individual cannot be marginalized. Objections to post dev: overlook poverty and capitalism, essentialized (i. e. generalized) dev into a homogenous thing, romanticized local traditions and movements (ignoring power relations of the local) Examination of actor networks that make up dev (postdevelopment approach) Transitional discourse (td) has diversified in its source, topic, and dissemination. Gt paradigm: redefines progress in terms of nonmaterial human fulfillment.
