Overview
- Stimulates thoughts on developmentalism across the global south
- Is a collection of essays written by Gustavo Esteva
- Written by Lau Kin Chi, Rafael Escobedo, and David Barkin
Part of the book series: Global University for Sustainability Book Series (GUSBS)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book is a collection of essays written by Gustavo Esteva over the last 20 years. In this book, Gustavo Esteva, renowned in Mexico as a philosopher on education and on developmentalism, collects four major areas of his writings: on learning, development, autonomy, and interculturality. A memorial to a great thinker, this book stimulates thoughts on developmentalism across the global south.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rafael Escobedo does research at the intersection of organizational theory, agrarian, and non-state societies, with a special interest in the role of peasant farmers and seasonal farmworkers subaltern politics.
David Barkin is a distinguished professor in Economics, Metropolitan Autonomous University of Mexico, and a founding member of the Ecodevelopment Centre.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Walking on the Edge of the Abyss
Book Subtitle: Conversations with Gustavo Esteva
Editors: Kin Chi Lau, Rafael Escobedo, David Barkin
Series Title: Global University for Sustainability Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2325-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2324-3Published: 28 September 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2327-4Due: 29 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-2325-0Published: 27 September 2023
Series ISSN: 2752-7379
Series E-ISSN: 2752-7387
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXV, 290
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Philosophy, general