Gilbert Rist (born 16 July 1938), is a Swiss honorary professor at the
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, or the Geneva Graduate Institute (french: Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement), abbreviated IHEID, is a government-accredited postgraduate institution ...
in
Geneva
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Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...
. He is best known for his study, ''The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith'', which criticizes
development
Development or developing may refer to:
Arts
*Development hell, when a project is stuck in development
*Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting
*Development (music), the process thematic material is reshaped
* Photograph ...
.
He holds a PhD from the Graduate Institute of International Studies.
Writings
English
*Gilbert Rist, ''The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith'', Expanded Edition, London: Zed Books, 2003
French (selection)
*(with Marie-Dominique PERROT and Fabrizio SABELLI), La Mythologie programmée, L’économie des croyances dans la société moderne, coll. Economie en liberté, PUF, Paris, 1992
*(with
Majid Rahnema and
Gustavo Esteva
Gustavo Esteva (born August 20, 1936 in Mexico City - died March 17, 2022 in Oaxaca was a Mexican activist, "deprofessionalized intellectual" and founder of the Universidad de la Tierra in the Mexican city of Oaxaca. He was one of the best known ...
), ''Le Nord perdu, Repères pour l’après-développement'', coll. Forum du développement, Editions d’En Bas, Lausanne, 1992
*''Le développement, Histoire d'une croyance occidentale'', Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 1996 - also translated into Italian and Spanish
External links
See also
*
Development criticism
Postdevelopment theory (also post-development or anti-development or development criticism) holds that the whole concept and practice of development is a reflection of Western-Northern hegemony over the rest of the world. Postdevelopment thought ...
1938 births
Swiss educators
Living people
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni
Academic staff of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
People from Geneva
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