Abstract
Humanity’s survival depends on its need to perpetuate as a species. This goal is hard to accomplish unless societies unlearn self-destructive behaviors. The daunting challenge that all scientists and intellectuals face today is to devise a strategy of global transformation that involves borderless progress and enduring peace and development. The myth and reality of this formulation involves critical analysis of issues and forces beyond the kitsch of developmental delusions.1
From a little money, a man goes crazy… when the terror comes, his face shrivels. In time he’ll learn that his nectar was indeed poison and that he has been cheated.
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Mohan, B. (2011). Development Delusion. In: Development, Poverty of Culture, and Social Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230117655_2
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