Reflections on 'rationality' and 'development'

Authors:
Cornelius Castoriadis, John Murphy

Entry type:
Scientific paper

Year of publication:
1985

Publishers:
Basil Blackwell

Language:
English

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development theory institutions democracy

For some time now, 'development' has been simultaneously the motto and theme of the official and 'professional' ideology - as well as government policies. It is perhaps useful to recall briefly the genealogy of the notion. Text of a Conference paper given at Florence in 1974. First published in Esprit, May 1976. Reprinted (with a lengthy discussion, not given here) in C. Mendes ed., le Mythe du développement, le Seuil, Paris, 1977. Praxis International, Volume 4 no. 4, January 1985