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Gustavo Esteva

    Un activista e "intelectual desprofesionalizado" que fundó la Universidad de la Tierra en la ciudad mexicana de Oaxaca. Es uno de los defensores más conocidos del Post-Desarrollo. Su obra desafía los paradigmas del desarrollo global y explora caminos alternativos que priorizan el conocimiento local y la sostenibilidad.

    Fiesta - jenseits von Entwicklung, Hilfe und Politik
    Grassroots Post-Modernism
    Gustavo Esteva
    • Gustavo Esteva

      A Critique of Development and other essays

      • 288 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Gustavo Esteva's work spans over fifty years of insightful essays, books, and interventions, showcasing his "reflection in action." This collection includes many pieces published for the first time, offering a unique perspective on national and international issues through his thought-provoking commentary and activism. Esteva's contributions provide a deep understanding of social and political dynamics, making this compilation a significant addition to contemporary discourse.

      Gustavo Esteva2022
    • Grassroots Post-Modernism

      Remaking the Soil of Cultures

      • 240 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      This remarkable book draws its inspiration from what its authors describe as the post-modern epic now unfolding at the grassroots. It portrays the ways in which the world’s social majorities are now escaping from the monoculture of a single global civilization and regenerating their own cultural and natural spaces. In so doing, they are challenging the three sacred cows of modernity--the idea, entrenched in globalization, that there is only one, universally valid way of understanding social reality; the exclusive and general validity of Western-defined notions of human; and the notion of the self-sufficient individual, as opposed to people-in-community, which has grotesquely transformed how we see the human condition. This is quite simply, a book which will transform how one sees the world--North and South.

      Grassroots Post-Modernism2001