Decolonizing Knowledge: From Development to Dialogue - WIDER Studies in Development Economics - Fred Apffel-marglin - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780198288848 - July 25, 1996
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Decolonizing Knowledge: From Development to Dialogue - WIDER Studies in Development Economics

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This book argues that the linear evolutionary paradigm of development that comes out of the modern Western view of knowledge is a contemporary form of colonialism. The authors propose a pluralistic vision and a decolonization of knowledge; the replacement of one-way transfers of knowledge and technology by dialogue and mutual learning.


406 pages, 1 line figure

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 25, 1996
ISBN13 9780198288848
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 406
Dimensions 164 × 236 × 30 mm   ·   743 g
Language English  
Editor Apffel-Marglin, Frederique (Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Anthropology, Smith College, Massachusetts)
Editor Marglin, Stephen A. (Barker Professor of Economics, Barker Professor of Economics, Harvard University)

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