Development as modernity, modernity as development / Lwazi Siyabonga Lushaba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lushaba, Lwazi.

Series:

Interventions series Development as modernity, modernity as development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modernization.

Economic development--Africa.

Economic development.

Economic development--Social aspects.

Africa--Social conditions.

Africa.

Africa--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dakar : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book analyses the impact of the Western idea of 'modernity' on development and underdevelopment in Africa. It traces the genealogy of the Western idea of modernity from European Enlightenment concepts of the universal nature of human history and development, and shows how this idea was used to justify the Western exploitation and oppression of Africa. It argues that contemporary development, theory and practice is a continuation of the Enlightenment project and that Africa can only achieve real development by rejecting Western modernity and inventing its own forms of modernity. The book i

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; The Enlightenment and Modernity; Mapping the Genealogy of Modernity; Early Modernity; Capitalist Modernity; Hyper-Modernity (Global Capitalism); Beyond Western Modernity; Conclusion; Notes; References; Mapping the Genealogy of Modernity

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-72).

ISBN:

9786612901324

9781282901322

128290132X

9782869783935

2869783930

9782869783492

2869783493

9782869783027

2869783027

OCLC:

741350870