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Philosophy and african development. Theory and practice
Lansana Keita
Coédition NENA/CODESRIA
Présentation
Philosophy and African Development : Theory and Practice appraises development
in a holistic manner. It goes beyond the usual measurement in terms of
economic achievement and widens the scope to include the impact that history
of ideas, political theory, sociology, social and political philosophy, and
political economy have had on development in Africa, It is a departure from
the traditional treatment of development by economists who point towards the
so-called time-tested assertions and recommendations for « sustainable
development », but which are yet bring about significant change in the
economies of the so-called « developing » societies. It is on account of the
failures of the economic development theory, with its tepid prescriptions for
« sustainable development » and « poverty reduction » that theories of
development have now been expanded from mere economic analysis to include
considerations of history, sociology, political economy and anthropology, as
could be discovered in this book. Most of the contributions in this book have
been prepared by philosophers across Africa and the United States who
implicitly practise their discipline as one whose most effective modern
function would be to appraise the human experience in all its dimensions from
the standpoints of modern social and natural sciences, all disciplinary
offspring of philosophy itself. With chapters ranging from issues of modernity
and religious interpretations, the human right to development, the idea of «
African time », the primacy of mental decolonisation, and the type of
education we are offering in Africa today and as a tool for development, to
development planning, science, technology and globalisation, as well as issues
of post-coloniality among others, the tenor of the contributions is not only
proportional, but also engaged in the meta-analysis of the theories on which
the concept of development is founded and practised. This book is strongly
recommended as a useful text in the hands of scholars, researchers and
students of development studies. It approaches the important issue of African
development from the broad perspective of the social sciences in general, and
buttresses this with the keen analytical approach of its contributors.
Caractéristiques
| Éditeur | Coédition NENA/CODESRIA |
|---|---|
| Date de publication | 4 mai 2022 |
| Langue | anglais |
| Fiches UNIMARC | S'identifier |