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The Tragedy of Human Development : A Genealogy of Capital As Power.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (200 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781783487158
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Tragedy of Human DevelopmentDDC classification:
  • 330.122
LOC classification:
  • HB501 .D5 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
The Tragedy of Human Development -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Mise-en-scène -- Act I The First Power Civilizations -- Act II Colonialism and the Transatlantic Slave Trade -- Act III The Fossil Fuel Revolution -- Act IV Corporate Capitalism -- Act V Human Development -- Epilogue -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Exploring key moments in the historical development of humanity, this book conceives of human development as a dramatic tragedy. It examines avoidable sufferings in our history, considering the reasons why these sufferings were inflicted and enabled when they appear - from a certain angle - to be unnecessary.
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The Tragedy of Human Development -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Mise-en-scène -- Act I The First Power Civilizations -- Act II Colonialism and the Transatlantic Slave Trade -- Act III The Fossil Fuel Revolution -- Act IV Corporate Capitalism -- Act V Human Development -- Epilogue -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

Exploring key moments in the historical development of humanity, this book conceives of human development as a dramatic tragedy. It examines avoidable sufferings in our history, considering the reasons why these sufferings were inflicted and enabled when they appear - from a certain angle - to be unnecessary.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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