The Political Economy of Desire

International Law, Development and the Nation State

Jennifer Beard (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2006
Routledge Cavendish (Verlag)
978-1-904385-35-6 (ISBN)

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Interdisciplinary in approach, this book offers an analysis of the genealogy of Western capitalist ‘development’. Proposing innovative arguments and challenging conventional thinking, it provides a new perspective on the discourse of development.

Containing the best interdisciplinary work in international law, this book offers an intelligent and thought-provoking analysis of the genealogy of Western capitalist ‘development’. Putting forth ground-breaking arguments and challenging the traditional boundaries of thinking about the concept of development and underdevelopment, it provides readers with a new perspective on the West's relationship with the rest of the world.

With Jennifer Beard’s departure from the common position that development and underdevelopment are conceptual outcomes of the Imperialist era, The Political Economy of Desire positions the genealogy of development within early Christian writings in which the Western theological concepts of sin, salvation and redemption are expounded. Drawing upon legal theory, anthropology, economics, historiography, philosophy of science, theology, feminism, cultural studies and development studies the author explores:

the link between the writings of early theologians and the processes of modern identity formation – tracing the concept of development to a particularly Christian dynamic
how the promise of salvation continues to influence Western ontology.

An innovative and topical work, this volume is an essential read for those interested in international law and socio-legal theory.

Jennifer Beard, BA (Hons), LLB (Hons), LLM, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Law School of the University of Melbourne. She is Co-Director of the Law and Development Programme for the Institute for International Law and the Humanities, as well as a barrister of the Victorian Bar.

Introduction. Writing Development as Desire. Faith Through Understanding. The Age is Broken Down. 'The Sovereignty of Man Lieth Hid in Knowledge'. The Peace of Westphalia: Words, Writings and Outrageous Actions. The Art of Development

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-904385-35-4 / 1904385354
ISBN-13	978-1-904385-35-6 / 9781904385356
Zustand	Neuware