Date of Award
Summer 8-2015
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Political Science, International Development, and International Affairs
Committee Chair
Marek D. Steedman
Committee Chair Department
Interdisciplinary Studies
Committee Member 2
David L. Butler
Committee Member 2 Department
Political Science, International Development, and International Affairs
Committee Member 3
Robert J. Pauly Jr.
Committee Member 3 Department
Political Science, International Development, and International Affairs
Committee Member 4
Joseph J. St. Marie
Committee Member 4 Department
Political Science, International Development, and International Affairs
Abstract
The present study juxtaposes scientific rationality with polyphonic rationality in respect to societal development. This is done to illuminate how scientific rationality provides a narrow and truncated view of development. In order to explicate the exclusion of polyphonic rationalities/knowledges in favor of scientific rationality, several development scholarships are examined along with an episode of developmental scheme and two episodes of development programs. This is done to expound (note: ‘→’ = influences) how scientific rationality → scholarships → organizational/institutional schemes, such as the MDGs → actual applications of development schemes, such as transmigration and compulsory villagization. The present inquest, more importantly, propounds for polyphonic knowledges that accord diverse modes of thought a place in social inquests, thus affording a better recourse than scientific rationality that blatantly disregards the contextual particularities of human society.
Copyright
2015, Salikyu Sangtam
Recommended Citation
Sangtam, Salikyu, "Philosopher's Stone: The Faustian Geist of Development" (2015). Dissertations. 126.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/126
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