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  | | The Development Dictionary(2nd Edition) A Guide to Knowledge as Power, Second Edition by Wolfgang Sachs, Zed Books Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2010 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84813-380-8, ISBN: 1-84813-380-4 "In this classic collection, some of the world's most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse. Each essay examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias. Exposing their historical obsolescence and intellectual sterility, the authors call for a bidding farewell to the whole Eurocentric development idea. This is urgently needed, they ar ..." |
 | | Fair Future Resource Conflicts, Security, and Global Justice by Wolfgang Sachs, Tilman Santarius, Patrick Camiller, Anna Lindh Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2007 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84277-729-9, ISBN: 1-84277-729-7 "'The world has enough for everyone's needs, but not enough for everyone's greed.' Mahatma Gandhi Oil crisis, water conflicts, declining food security - we hear one report after another about resource scarcity - while with growing populations and huge poverty, nations are demanding their right to development. In the age of globalization this right cannot be disputed, yet the planet is already exhibiting signs of acute environmental stre ..." |
 | | Planet Dialectics(1st Edition) Explorations in Environment and Development (Critique Influence Change) by Wolfgang Sachs, Olayinka Koso-Thomas Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1999 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85649-701-5, ISBN: 1-85649-701-1 "Wolfgang Sachs is one of the most thoughtful intellectuals to deal with the dual crisis in the Western world's relations with nature and social justice. In this book readers will find trenchant and elegant explorations of some of the foremost issues the world faces at the beginning of the new century: efficiency--the mantra of our times; speed--the love affair with modernity; globalization--a market inevitability and the juggernaut of h ..." |
 | | The Development Dictionary(1st Edition) A Guide to Knowledge as Power by Wolfgang Sachs, W. Sashs, Zed Books Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1991 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85649-044-3, ISBN: 1-85649-044-0 "In this pioneering collection, some of the world’s most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse in the post-war era.Each essay examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias. Exposing their historical obsolescence and intellectual sterility, the authors call for a bidding farewell to the whole Eurocentric development idea. This is ur ..." |
 | | The Development Dictionary(3rd Edition) A Guide to Knowledge as Power (Development Essentials) by Wolfgang Sachs Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2019 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78699-751-7, ISBN: 1-78699-751-7 "The original critical guide to key concepts in development studies from some of the world's most eminent critical development scholars and practitioners. Each essay in this now classic collection examines one key development concept, from “environment” to “needs” and “progress” to “production.” Each concept is reviewed from a historical and anthropological point of view, with particular bias and intellectual flaws being highlighted. Ove ..." |
 | | The Development Dictionary(2nd Edition) A Guide to Knowledge as Power, Second Edition by Wolfgang Sachs Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2010 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84813-379-2, ISBN: 1-84813-379-0 "In this classic collection, some of the world's most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse. Each essay examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias. Exposing their historical obsolescence and intellectual sterility, the authors call for a bidding farewell to the whole Eurocentric development idea. This is urgently needed, they ar ..." |
 | | Global Ecology A New Arena of Political Conflict by Wolfgang Sachs, Non Stated Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1993 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85649-164-8, ISBN: 1-85649-164-1 "Behind the public's hope of effective action by governments on environmental issues lies a complex terrain of conceptual confusion, conflicts of interest and philosophical dispute. This is why some of the world's leading environmental thinkers have come together in this volume to probe critically the new language being developed by environmental professionals. They examine the contradictions inherent in the fashionable notion of sustai ..." |
 | | For Love of the Automobile(1st Edition) Looking Back into the History of Our Desires by Wolfgang Sachs, Don Reneau Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 1992 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-06878-0, ISBN: 0-520-06878-5 "In his cultural analysis of the motor car in Germany, Wolfgang Sachs starts from the assumption that the automobile is more than a means of transportation and that its history cannot be understood merely as a triumphant march of technological innovation. Instead, Sachs examines the history of the automobile from the late 1880s until today for evidence on the nature of dreams and desires embedded in modern culture. Written in a lively st ..." |
 | | Critique Influence Change Planet Dialectics : Explorations in Environment and Development by Wolfgang Sachs 248 Pages, Published 2015 by Zed Books Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-78360-342-8, ISBN: 1-78360-342-9 "Foreword to the critique influence change edition Susan George Preface to the first edition Bibliographical note Part I The Archaeology of the Development Idea 1 The Archaeology of the Development Idea Part II The Shaky Ground of Sustainability Global Ecology and the Shadow of 'Development' The Gospel of Global Efficiency Environment and Development: The Story of a Dangerous Liaison Sustainable Development: On the Political Anatomy ..." |
 | | The Development Dictionary A Guide to Knowledge as Power by Wolfgang Sachs 352 Pages, Published 2010 by Zed Books Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-84813-645-8, ISBN: 1-84813-645-5 "As in a cartoon by Quino, the Argentinian creator of Mafalda, the contestataire replica of Peanuts. In 'A mino me grite', Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 1972. 3. Condorcet, 'An Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind', in The Idea of ..." |
 | | The Development Dictionary(2nd Edition) A Guide to Knowledge as Power by Wolfgang Sachs Hardcover, 353 Pages, Published 2009 by Zed Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84813-381-5, ISBN: 1-84813-381-2 |
 | | Planet Dialectics Explorations in Environment and Development by Wolfgang Sachs, Judith Lutge-Coullie Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2006 by Transaction Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-86814-338-2, ISBN: 1-86814-338-4 |
 | | Critique Influence Change Planet Dialectics : Explorations in Environment and Development by Wolfgang Sachs, Olayinka Koso-Thomas Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2000 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85649-700-8, ISBN: 1-85649-700-3 "About the Author Wolfgang Sachs is a senior research fellow at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. ... His first book, For Love of the Automobile: Looking Back into the History of Our Desires, was published by the ..." |
 | | Reconciling Empirical Knowledge and Clinical Experience(1st Edition) The Art and Science of Psychotherapy by Stephen Soldz, Leigh Mccullough, Wolfgang Sachs Hardcover, 286 Pages, Published 1999 by Amer Psychological Assn ISBN-13: 978-1-55798-603-0, ISBN: 1-55798-603-7 "The art and science of psychotherapy requires both intuitive knowledge and empirical discipline. Therapists are artists, even mavericks. Researchers are scientists. Therapists do not want to be restricted in their treatment of patients. Researchers labor diligently within the strictures of the rules of empiricism: Hypotheses must be tested, refined, and retested, often repeatedly. The researchers' findings must be generalizable to p ..." |
 | | Greening the North A Post-Industial Blueprint for Ecology and Equity by Wolfgang Sachs, Reinhard Loske, Manfred Linz, Umwelt Und Energie Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 1998 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85649-507-3, ISBN: 1-85649-507-8 "While sustainability is in danger of being reduced to a meaningless platitude, the brutal fact remains that industrial countries make a disproportionately large and negative impact on the environment. A serious transition to sustainability will require changing people's mindsets and social institutions, in addition to public policies, technologies and business practices. This book presents a path-breaking analysis as well as highly inn ..." |
 | | Global Ecology Anew Arena of Political Conflict by Wolfgang Sachs, Maria Mies, Vandana Shiva 328 Pages, Published 1993 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-895686-29-6, ISBN: 1-895686-29-6 |
 | | Global Ecology A New Arena of Political Conflict by Wolfgang Sachs Published 1993 ISBN-13: 978-1-85649-135-8, ISBN: 1-85649-135-8 |
 | | Global Ecology A New Arena of Political Conflict by Wolfgang Sachs Paperback, Published 1993 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85649-136-5, ISBN: 1-85649-136-6 |
 | | For Earth and Equity by Wolfgang Sachs Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published by Zed Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84277-240-9, ISBN: 1-84277-240-6 |
 | | For Earth and Equity An Agenda for People and Planet by Wolfgang Sachs Paperback, 112 Pages, Published by Zed Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84277-241-6, ISBN: 1-84277-241-4 |
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