DEVELOPMENT AND THE HOLISTIC FRAMEWORK: A POSITIVE CRITIQUE IN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE
Abstract
Development theory emerged as an important concern during the post‐World War II era. Though the 1950s witnessed the demise of colonialism, Western hegemony continued to exercise an overbearing influence not only on global economic and political affairs but also on ideas, theories and cultural patterns. Thus, the initial phase of development theory was dominated by a pronounced Eurocentric bias. Notwithstanding the fact that the Western model of development grew out of a specific historical and cultural experience, it came to be posited as a universal project. For over two decades it held sway over the fortunates of both the developed and the developing countries. However, from the 1970s onwards the magical aura surrounding the Western model began to wear off. The adverse consequences of the project of modernity and development in the technologically advanced countries of the West as well as in the Third World countries became too glaring to be covered up. The disenchantment with the Western model of development led to a search for alternative perspectives and strategies. Furthermore, the whole notion of development has come to be subjected to a thorough‐going critique.
Citation
Momin, A.R. (1998), "DEVELOPMENT AND THE HOLISTIC FRAMEWORK: A POSITIVE CRITIQUE IN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE", Humanomics, Vol. 14 No. 3, pp. 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb018812
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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