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OverviewCritiques presented here in defence of development range across a number of issues, all of which are central to discussions about the desirability or undesirability of this historical process. These include one particular aspect – labour market competition – of the debate about racism, why the reproduction of this ideology is more acute at some historical conjunctures but not others, the same question that can also be asked of the industrial reserve. Equally contentious is the current dominance of populist and postmodern interpretations of rural development, in the misleading guise of new paradigms, the object of which is to exorcise two ghosts: not just development itself, but also Marxist theory about development. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tom BrassPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 298 Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9789004711761ISBN 10: 9004711767 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 28 November 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Last Rites for Development Studies? Are We the Masters Now? Dismantling Development Post-development? This Sense of Identity Climate, Class, Risk Themes part 1 Questioning the Paradigm 1 Racism and Development: Blood, Sweat and Fears Introduction: More Lessons from History An Absent Nationality A Race against Time, a Time against Race Southern Myths No Ear to Hear Differences, Sameness Common Heirs to Its Impositions The Battle for Bread The Pinch of Hunger Conclusion 2 The Industrial Reserve and Development: A Vanishing Army? Introduction: Redefining the Industrial Reserve 19th Century Marxist Views 20th Century Liberal Views 20th Century Marxist Views Border Wars Human Flourishing, but Whose? What Marx Really Said Travelling the Same Road? Conclusion 3 Sociology and Development: A Warning from The History Man Introduction: Publishing, Hierarchy, Power The Bleak End of Things Who Is The History Man Now? The Power of Hierarchy No One Is Listening? Conclusion 4 Critical Agrarian Studies and Development: A Populist Land Grab Introduction: The Sleep of Forgetfulness In the Academic Salon Deprivileging Marxism ‘Marxist’ Questions ‘Marxist’ Answers Reprivileging Agrarian Populism Conclusion part 2 Alternative Agendas 5 Development: A Theory without a Past, Present, or Future? Introduction: Paradigms/Concepts That Disappear/Reappear Call a Friend Concepts, Origins Capitalism Everywhere, Capitalism Nowhere Development Theory? The Sharpest Weapon Conclusion 6 Liberalism and Development: Fukuyama’s Scylla and Charybdis Introduction: A Benign Capitalism? Floreat Classical Liberalism? I Am a Nice Shark … A Progressive Left? Political Corrections, Problematic History Conclusion 7 Anthropology and Development: Self in the World, World in the Self Introduction: What Do I Know? The Self (in the World) Self-help No Friends There The World (in the Self) Insufficiency Self-sufficiency Humanity’s Priority Restlessness Conclusion 8 Labour Regime and Development: Deproletarianisation and Neo-bondage Compared Introduction: Explaining Unfree Labour Deproletarianisation, Neo-bondage Unfreedom, Patronage, Politics Differences Explained? Misinterpreting Capitalism Conclusion part 3 Beyond Capitalism? 9 Postmodernism and Development: Misremembering the Peasantry Introduction: Doing without Development? Methodology Sources Stories Theory Definitions Economy Politics Conclusion 10 On the Continuing Necessity of (Marxist) Critique Introduction: Paradigms, Polemics, Popularity A Return to Yesterday New Paradigms, Old Assumptions Class Dismissed Producing Curtains Urgent Need of Renewal Conversation, Collaboration, Cooperation? Hegemonic Formation, Populist Moments, Floating Signifiers? Taking People’s Beliefs Seriously? Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTom Brass (DPhil, 1982) formerly lectured in the SPS Faculty at Cambridge University and directed studies for Queens’ College. He edited The Journal of Peasant Studies for almost two decades, and has published extensively on agrarian issues and rural labour relations, including Transitions: Methods, Theory, Politics (Brill: 2022). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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