An Anthropological Critique of Development: The Growth of Ignorance
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An Anthropological Critique of Development: The Growth of Ignorance
An Anthropological Critique of Development: The Growth of Ignorance

An Anthropological Critique of Development: The Growth of Ignorance

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Mark Hobart (Contributor)  

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Questioning the utopian image of western knowledge as a uniquely successful achievement in its application to economic and social development, this provocative volume, the latest in the EIDOS series, argues that it is unacceptable to dismiss problems encountered by development projects as the inadequate implementation of knowledge. Rather, it suggests that failures stem from the constitution of knowledge and its object. By focussing on the ways in which agency in development is attributed to experts, thereby turning previously active participants into passive subjects or ignorant objects, the contributors claim that the hidden agenda to the aims of educating and improving the lives of those in the undeveloped world falls little short of perpetuating ignorance.
Mark Hobart is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and is a co-founder of EIDOS.
  • Contributor: Mark Hobart
  • Imprint: Routledge
  • ISBN13: 9781138145511
  • Number of Pages: 248
  • Packaged Dimensions: 138x216mm
  • Packaged Weight: 453
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Release Date: 2016-07-10
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Mark Hobart is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and is a co-founder of EIDOS.

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