Decolonizing Knowledge: From Development to Dialogue (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198288848)

Development failures, environmental degradation and social fragmentation can no longer be regarded as "side effects." They are the toxic consequences of pretensions that the modern Western view of knowledge is a universal neutral view, applicable to all people at all times. This work argues that the linear evolutionary paradigm of development emerging from the modern Western view of knowledge is a contemporary form of colonialism. The work proposes a pluralistic vision and a decolonization of knowledge: the replacement of one-way transfers of knowledge and technology by dialogue and mutual learning. It will be of interest to scholars of development studies, sociology, and anthropology.

Author: Frédérique Apffel-Marglin
ISBN-10: 0198288840
ISBN-13: 9780198288848
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 07/25/1996
Pages: 406
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d