The westernization of the world : the significance, scope and limits of the drive towards global uniformity
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The westernization of the world : the significance, scope and limits of the drive towards global uniformity
Polity Press, 1996
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L'occidentalisation du monde : essai sur la signification, la portée et les limites de l'uniformisation planétaire
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"First published in France as L'occidentalisation du monde : essai sur la signification, la portée et les limites de l'uniformisation planétaire, Éditions la Découverte, 1989"--T.p. verso
Bibliographical notes: p. [129]-136
Includes index
内容説明・目次
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ISBN 9780745614281
内容説明
Serge Latouche is one of Europe's leading authorities on the political economy of the Third World. In this book, he argues that the historical rise of the West to world domination has brought widespread destruction in its wake. Latouche suggests that the drive towards global uniformity - of cultures, lifestyles and mentalities - has been the cause of untold political and economic disasters: ruined industries, widespread national debt, endless coups d'etat, endemic civil wars and the erosion of all non-Western cultures. Latouche mounts a powerful critique of the Western concept of Third World "development". He argues that it has become synonymous with the accumulation of capital and is driven by specifically Western values: technical progress, universalism and the mystery of nature - values which ought to be called into question. Oppressed people, he claims, want nothing to do with this kind of development; they aspire simply to survive, and if possible, to live well according to their own values and cultural choices. This book should be of interest to students and researchers in development studies, sociology, politics and the economics of development.
目次
- The irresistible rise of the West - the crusaders' revenge
- where and what is the West?
- uprooting the planet
- the limits of worldwide westernization
- beyond or elsewhere
- general conclusion - must we save Babel?
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: pbk ISBN 9780745614298
内容説明
This provocative new book argues that the rise of the West to world domination has brought widespread social, cultural and material destruction in its wake.
目次
Preface to the English Edition. Introduction.
1. The Irresistible Rise of the West: The Crusaders' Revenge.
2. Where and What is the West?.
3. Uprooting the Planet.
4. The Limits of World-wide Westernization.
5. Beyond or Elsewhere.
6. Must we Save Babel?.
Appendices.
Index.
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