Culture, Development and Social Theory: Towards an Integrated Social Development - Softcover

John Clammer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178032314X ISBN 13: 9781780323145

Publisher: Zed Books, 2012

Synopsis

This important book places culture back at the centre of debates in development studies. It introduces new ways of conceptualizing culture in relation to development by linking development studies to cultural studies, studies of social movements, religion and the notion of 'social suffering'. The author expertly argues that in the current world crises it is necessary to recover a more holistic vision of development that creates a vocabulary linking more technical (and predominantly economic) aspects of development with more humanistic and ecological goals. Any conception of post-capitalist society, he argues, requires cultural, as well as economic and political, dimensions.

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About the Author

John Clammer is currently Visiting Professor of Development Sociology at the United Nations University, Tokyo, and is the author of numerous books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zed Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178032314X
• ISBN 13: 9781780323145
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304