{"product_id":"an-anthropological-critique-of-development-0415079594","title":"An Anthropological Critique of Development","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0415079594\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hobart, Mark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestioning 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51859745276192,"sku":"NEW0415079594","price":75.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71g2Jlq4ntL.jpg?v=1781593298","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/an-anthropological-critique-of-development-0415079594","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}