Original scientific paper

DEVELOPMENTISM AND POST–DEVELOPMENTISM

Rade Kalanj ; Faculty of Philosphy, Zagreb

Abstract

Starting from the remark on the crisis of theories of development and developmental studies, this paper presents the issue of new theoretical orientations in this field. The causes of the crisis have been thus explained, and the evaluations on imperfections of the developmental paradigm explicated. The causes that have lead to the rise of post–developmentistic paradigm have been thus explained. Three variants of post–developmentism have been analysed: radical, ethical, cultural and anthropological post–developmentism. The radical post–developmentism completely rejects developmentistic theoretical heritage, the ethical post–developmentism inclines to an integral ethical vision of development, and therefore is has been declared as a critical holism, while cultural and anthropological post–developmentism searches for the utmost sources and initiators of development, and finds them within the deep cultural and anthropological frameworks (mentalities) of different societies. Although they point out to the complexity of the developmental issue in the era of late modernity, post–developmentistic approaches nevertheless haven't reached the coherence and paradigmatic quality of developmentism.

Keywords

corruption; cultural and anthropological framework; dependence; developmentism; the introduction of stateism in the process of development; holism; neo–liberalism; peace; posst–developmentism

Hrčak ID:

141733

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/141733

Publication date:

15.5.2000.

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