Grassroots Postmodernism: Remaking the Soil of CulturesThis 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 civilisation and regenerating their own cultural and natural spaces. In so doing, they are challenging the three sacred cows of modernity - the idea, entrenched in globalisation, 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. |
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... created the National Indian Plural Assembly for Autonomy ( ANIPA is its Spanish acronym ) to elaborate upon a proposal for creating autonomous regions whose control remains in the hands of Indian peoples . The proposal was finally ...
... created second floors by building in the interior of their houses . Their houses serve as workshops during the day and as homes at night . Patios are common spaces with multiple purposes . Step by step , the Tepitans continue “ invading ...
... created by the " social minorities , " who are consuming four - fifths of the world's resources . If the issue is discussed in such terms ( something we consider in- appropriate ) , the " solution " for such a “ problem ” is obvious ...
Contents
Beyond | 1 |
Interlocutor and Audience | 7 |
Content and Structure of this Book | 14 |
Copyright | |
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Grassroots Post-Modernism: Remaking the Soil of Cultures Gustavo Esteva,Madhu Suri Prakash Limited preview - 1998 |
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Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social Movements John D. H. Downing,John Downing No preview available - 2001 |
International Civil Society: Social Movements in World Politics Alejandro Colás No preview available - 2002 |