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In this pioneering collection, some of the world’s most eminent critics of development review the key concepts of the development discourse in the post-war era.
Each essay examines one concept from a historical and anthropological point of view and highlights its particular bias. Exposing their historical obsolescence and intellectual sterility, the authors call for a bidding farewell to the whole Eurocentric development idea. This is urgently needed, they argue, in order to liberate people’s minds - in both North and South - for bold responses to the environmental and ethical challenges now confronting humanity.
These essays are an invitation to experts, grassroots movements and students of development to recognize the tainted glasses they put on whenever they participate in the development discourse.
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Good, but dated.......2005-11-20
This is, as other reviewers have said, a good reader for opening up one's mind to diverse points of view on development and its primary topic areas -- poverty, population and the like.
I found the essay on poverty by Majid Rahnema especially useful in that it offers a far more expansive definition of "poverty" than do other approaches. Also, the opening essay by Gustavo Esteva called "Development" provides a good background on how the idea of "development" came to be, and how its application has been carried out in ways that have, ultimately, alienated many in the "developing" nations through its [presumably unintended] consequences.
My main complaint about this book is that it was published in 1992 and by this point in 2006 is quite dated. For instance, Barbara Duden's essay on population, while still somewhat interesting for its historical context, is of no help in understanding what has happened in this field since the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994. The ICPD agenda changed dramatically the ways in which "population activities" are conceived and carried out. In many ways, the ICPD work is directly responsive to the charges raised by Duden and others. I happen to know a bit about population in the context of "development," so I was able to understand that Duden's essay is dated, but it makes me wonder about the other essays in this book that are on topics I know little about. How much of what I read here, then, can I rely on to have remained accurate?
It would be great if the publisher would update this reader to make current the information it contains, especially since the voices and points of view offered here are not easy to find in a collected work of this sort. Until then, however, this book doesn't deserve more than 3 stars.
Paradigmmatic Transcendence.......2004-08-25
I prescribe this book for an Executive MBA Class that I teach on Global Strategy. Most of the 20 students this year talked about this book as one of the most profound life-changing, world-view altering books they have ever read! I think the book is profound and thought provoking. I have earned four Master's Degrees and a Ph.D and nothing I have ever read in my life comes even close to The Development Dictionary in terms of the level of intellectual stimulation that it engenders. This is a wake up call and I hope more of my former colleagues in the World Bank and IMF would read it! It has been of immense scholarly and practical benefit in my work.
Mandatory Reading.......2003-01-02
Like the related Post-Development Reader, this stunning collection of essays are mandatory for any development student or practitioner. It is essential for complementing all the traditional readings and providing an important critical outlook. The advantage of this book lies in its organization. Broken up by topic such as "Development", "Poverty", "Market", and "Science", the book provides excellent insights into these concepts. In fact it's critiques reach much further than just development, to science, the state, and modernity overall. A must read!
Heads up.......2002-10-24
I am buying this book today because an organizational behavior professor I highly respect said recently it was the best book he'd read. I had flipped through his copy months earlier and recalled that it is dense with diverse essays. I am looking forward to reading it.
A MUST READ!.......1999-09-12
I read this book in a Third World Development class. It takes a lot for a book to impress me the way this book has. For the first time, I could not put down a book I had to read for class. If you want a different, non-western perspective of development, this is a must read. The arguments and writing within the different topics are very strong. It's definitely a keeper and well worth the money. I highly recommend it!
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Why don't best practices spread within firms?
What exactly is sticky knowledge?
Having recognized that knowledge assets are rapidly becoming their most precious source of competitive advantage, a large number of organizations are now attempting to transfer best practices. Yet best practices still remain stubbornly immobile.
Sticky Knowledge reveals that the transfer of practices is a complex phenomenon, and demonstrates the range of barriers to transferring best practices within the firm. Written in a brief and accessible format, Gabriel Szulanski defines the popular concept of stickiness and its operationalization, providing a roadmap for understanding and further researching this topical issue.
Taking a fresh look at accepted wisdom, and presenting research findings that conflict with some established views, the book
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During a period of prolonged cocaine usage in the 1890s, Sigmund Freud developed a theory of human behavior which asserted that early childhood experiences, especially those of a sexual nature, are crucial determinants in later personality development. The theory first came to America as part of the sexual revolution in the early years of this century, then became attached to the liberal forces of nurture in the ongoing nature-nurture debate. When Hitler resolved that debate in Europe by permanently discrediting nature, he simultaneously drove many of Freud's supporters to America, where the theory finally evolved into a symbol of liberalism and humanism in the post-World War II period.
This book is an account of Freud's rise in America and the crucial roles played by Margaret Mead, Benjamin Spock, and Karl Menninger. Others who played important roes in disseminating Freud's theory include Emma Goldman, Abraham Brill, Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, Walter Lippmann, Mabel Dodge, Clarence Darrow, Mary McCarthy, Lionel Trilling, Edmund Wilson, Herbert Marcuse, Norman Brown, Paul Goodman, and Fritz Perls.
The book closes with an assessment of Freud's theory and its effect on America, from the perversion of child rearing, criminology, and liberal politics to the shaping of theater and film and psychotherapy for everyone, McFreud in America. Childhood experiences are now known to be comparatively unimportant antecedents of personality, and thus Freud's theory is virtually without any scientific foundation. It is acknowledged that some good has come out of it (the unconscious, humanism, psychotherapy) but that its debits are much greater (narcissism, irresponsibility, denigration of women, misallocated resources). Given what we now know, the perpetuation of the Freudian paradigm is a fraud.
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Analysis Shmalysis.......2006-05-06
While there are, it now seems, ample reasons to critique, and even dismiss, many of Dr. Freud's theories in their failure to account for the now popular biological/genetic explanations of mental illness, Fuller Torrey's book is not, primarily a scholarly exploration of these issues. Instead, this often vitriolic text takes aim at American society's proported shift towards a liberal agenda which includes feminism, sexual freedom, criminal reform and the rampant narcissism of our mindless consumer culture. If Fuller Torrey is right, all of these shifts are the result of, or at least have been abetted by, Freud's influence on American society, a society unmoored and hopelessly in search of a culprit to blame.
But if Freud can be said to have missed the DNA-boat on schizophrenia et al, Fuller Torrey has certainly overstated the historical and cultural power of Freud's influence. For one thing almost every instance of Freud's "malignant effect" cited by the author pre-dates Freud and has it's roots instead in the gradual, plodding, grinding destructiveness of unbridled "free market" entrepreneurial capitalism. The inevitable decline of "traditional" Western, and particularly American, culture has its roots precisely in that same Western tradition, not, as Fuller Torrey asserts, on the analyst's couch. Freudian analysis is no more, nor less, than a product of the same tradition.
An intersting, though I suspect unwitting, coda to the narrative of filial hatred that is this book, is that Fuller Torrey represents in his resistance to Freudian theory the next step in the same process that produced so many of the movements and ideologies he wants to decry. The reductio ad biologicum of all of human experience and the resulting "geneticization" of humanity are one step further in the direction of commodification and dehumanization which the market requires in its own seamless logic of production and consumption.
Speaking of which: I do not recommend consuming this product.
The Freudian Fraud........2006-01-24
If I had to live over again I should devote myself to psychical research rather than psychoanalysis. -Sigmund Freud
_Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud's Theory on American Thought and Culture_ by psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey traces the role of Freudian theory (particularly that concerning the role of sex in childhood development) in American culture and thought. Freud postulated that the behavior of children was sexual in nature and maintained a highly dogmatic position about such notions as the Oedipus complex throughout his life. This book examines the harmful role of Freudian theory in American culture. Torrey argues that Freudian theory is not only unscientific but has been harmful leading to a culture of narcissism and irresponsibility.
Torrey begins by discussing Freud's practice as a psychoanalyst. Freud was very influenced by occult ideas, including numerology as well as the idea of his fellow physician Wilhelm Fliess that the nose is linked to human sexuality. This led Freud to operate on the nose of many patients, leading often to permanent disfiguration. In addition, Freud advocated the use of cocaine as a panacea for all physical and mental ills and took the drug heavily himself. Freud's system also was very denigrating towards women viewing the mother as the source of all mental problems and personal unhappiness. Nevertheless, because Freud openly discussed sex as the source of mental problems he became a favorite among those who advocated sexual liberation during the Victorian era. Prime among these figures was the anarchist Emma Goldman who became enthralled by Freudianism and advocated for birth control and sexual freedom. In America, Freud's ideas became linked to leftist political thought after the emigration to this country of anthropologist Franz Boas. Torrey contrasts nature and nurture showing how at the beginning of the Twentieth century rightists were associated with the nature side of the spectrum, often advocating eugenics and biological determinism as well as racialism. In contrast, leftists were associated with the nurture side of the spectrum, often appealing directly to Freud to show that social problems were rooted in child rearing methods. Cultural relativists like Franz Boas came to advocate leftist politics while appealing to both Freud and Marx against rightists such as the racialist Madison Grant. Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead, two of the students of Boas, became very famous with their anthropological work supposedly showing that in more "liberated" cultures adolescence was less stressful. Nevertheless, as Torrey shows the work of Mead in particular was heavily biased by faulty methods, she came to see in the cultures she examined exactly what she expected to see because her methods of questioning influenced her informers. Mead was a bisexual and this may have led to her adoption of Freudian theory. With the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler, the nature/nurture question became settled, making it in bad taste to argue that behaviors could be genetically determined. Torrey next devotes a chapter to the influence of Freud among various political radicals and social elites, particularly among a group of leftists in New York City who openly advocated for Trotsky. Torrey also shows how Freudian ideas became influential in both the nursery and the prison system. In the nursery, the ideas of Benjamin Spock, based on Freudian concepts, came to prevail for an entire generation. It should be remembered that before Spock mankind had been successfully raising children since time immemorial. Nevertheless, Spock would come to take a prime place among a generation of individuals. In the prison system, Freudian ideas were used often to argue that criminals were products of a dysfunctional childhood. This frequently allowed criminals such as Leopold and Loeb to be given lighter sentences and led to an abuse of the insanity defense. Indeed, the notion of personal responsibility became untenable in the light of Freudian theory. Torrey next turns his attention to the intellectual elite, including individuals like Marcuse, Goodman, and Brown who often advocated a combined Freudianism and Marxism as part of the New Left. It should be noted that although Freudianism was frequently linked to radical politics in America, that Freud himself was an elitist. Freud looked down upon lower members of society and his services were pretty much uniformly offered to only the wealthy class. Indeed, Freud refused to treat the severely mentally ill. Torrey suggests that Freudianism has led to a massive misallocation of resources, in which the most severely ill are never treated or treated with Freudian nonsense, while those who have only life complaints are given full Freudian analyses. Nevertheless, Freud must be credited for his promotion of the idea of the unconscious. Torrey also notes the similiarity of Freudian analysis to a religion, emphasizing its Jewish influence, something that cannot be overstated. Torrey concludes with two appendices in which he discusses the influence of Freud on intellectuals (...)
After reading this book, I became more convinced than ever that Freudian ideas have been highly harmful to the psychic well-being of many Americans. In addition, the linkage between Freudian ideas and elitist leftist politics has proven disastrous for this country and for man's freedom.
A Revelation of Quacks.......2005-06-21
I was very disappointed with this book for it does not offer anything relevant to the mental health field. In addition to that the book transpires heavily of political biases and an utmost lack of confidence in that the reader is not capable of putting on his or her thinking cap to question all the assertions made into facts by the author. The author seemed eager to draw conclusions, mostly in direct attack to American liberalism and civil rights as opposed to focusing on the theme at hand (Freud's fallacies). A trained reader can easily find that the majority of the book is based on opinion rather than factual information. In sum, this book is almost an affront to legitimate readers.
Very Revealing.......2003-12-03
That Freud knew next to nothing about severe mental illness and gave absurd analyses of schizophrenics and other severely disturbed people, and that he even preferred to treat clients who were in no need of psychoalysis or psychiatric treatment (it's easy to "cure" someone who isn't ill) have now been established to my satisfaction, thanks to the writings of the author of this book. Thank you once again, Dr. Fuller.
Torreyian Fraud.......2003-01-09
I am not quite familiar with American politics and culture, but I am with Freudian theory. And to be honest, I don't see the relevance of Torrey's fuzz. Frank Sulloway et al. have given abundant evidence of the fact that the influence of biology on psychoanalysis has been underestimated grossly, even during Freud's lifetime. In fact, in his Three Essays on the theory of Sexuality, Freud claims that "Education will not be trespassing beyond its appropriate domain if it limits itself to following the lines which have already been laid down organically and to impressing them somewhat more clearly and deeply" (Freud 1905, 178). If I am right (though I did not read any of Torrey's other writings), such statement could have been pronounced by Torrey as well.
The scientific value of Freudian theory is something quite different. Since Freud has been influenced thoroughly by contemporary biology, in particular Lamarckism and recapitulationism, it is no wonder psychoanalytic theory has never been able to develop into a 'real' scientific theory. But again, this does NOT imply psychoanalysis is a worthless theory.
I think Torrey is wrong, and he should have known better. It is a shame such books are still written, after Sulloway's 'Biologist of the Mind' (Sulloway 1979, 1992²).
As far as I know (and this was what I actually expected when I bumped into Torrey's book), there has not been written one book on Freud's real frauds. For example, Freud's studies about Dostojewski, Leonardo Da Vinci and Moses are based on crooked readings of written sources. Freud lied about the outcome of his therapies (of the Wolf Man, to mention just one),... There has been written a book on such topics in Dutch ('De Weense Kwakzalver' - which could be translated as 'The Viennese Quack', written by Han Israëls). These are Freud's real frauds.
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Title: Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud's Theory on American Thought and Culture. (book reviews)
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Oh, to be a Red Sox fan. It is a mark of the singular angst that attends the territory that the four retired numbers--9 (Ted Williams), 4 (Joe Cronin), 1 (Bobby Doerr), and 8 (Carl Yastrzemski)--taunt the faithful every game from their perch on Fenway's right-field facade; they precisely correspond to the date--September 4, 1918--that the Sox won their last World Series title. Less than two years later, owner Harry Frazee would sell his star pitcher and outfielder, Babe Ruth, to the Yankees, and the curse of the Bambino would take hold of Boston hearts.
From Cy Young to Cy Young award winner Pedro Martinez, this is a franchise full of myth and history--the first to win a World Series and the last to cross the color line--and, contend authors Glenn Stout, the series editor of the annual Best American Sportswriting volume, and Richard A. Johnson, curator of the Sports Museum of New England, the most interesting franchise in the history of the game. Their splendid, fully illustrated chronicle, rich with anecdotes, of the club from 1901 to the present makes it hard to argue with the assessment. The Sox have always been interesting--as well as frustrating, enigmatic, contradictory, and thrilling, and Red Sox Century touches all of those bases. This is an exhaustively researched history, but it's also a fan's book, filled with affection and exasperation. Stout and Johnson effectively pepper their narrative with personal reflections and observations from writers such as Peter Gammons, Dan Shaughnessy, and Elizabeth Dooley. They also pick a Red Sox all-century team, make a fine case for Pedro's '99 season as the best ever for a pitcher, compile some requisite stats, and assemble the most complete Sox bibliography ever. About the only thing they don't supply is a good parking place near Fenway. --Jeff Silverman
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To commemorate the euphoric 2004 Red Sox season, when it finally was the year for Sox fans young and old, here is an expanded edition of Red Sox Century, a "book [that] has all that anyone would care to know about this accursed yet lovable franchise" (Sports Illustrated). From Cy Young to Curt Schilling, Teddy Ballgame to Manny mania, this enormously popular one-volume narrative history features a lively, authoritative text, more than 275 photographs, and personal essays by some of the team's most famous chroniclersPeter Gammons, Dan Shaughnessy, Bill Littlefield, and Charles P. Pierce. This newly expanded edition details the momentous events of 2004 and features keepsake pages where fans can record their own story of the miracle year. Red Sox Century is a must-have volume that separates fact from myth to "provide a definitive look at Fenway's finest" (Boston Globe).
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You can judge a book by its cover.......2004-03-18
Any questions. What a bitter disappointment. If you are a novice baseball fan and just want this as a decorative piece, if fails you there too, with quite possibly the worst baseball book cover ever. Save your money and your time...If you MUST purchase this book mine is for sale on Ebay, no reserve!
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The best and most complete history of Red Sox baseball.......2003-11-28
The writing is superb, attention to detail inspiring. If you're a Red Sox fan, you need to read this book.
Definitive History of the Red Sox.......2003-06-05
This book has everything you need to know about the history of the Boston Red Sox,one of baseball's greatest franchises. It is absolutely required reading for any Red Sox fan and highly recomended for any serious baseball fan. Well-written, well-organized, insightful and respectful without being overly reverential, this is a superb book.
Extraordinary.......2003-05-16
After living overseas for much of the last decade, I somehow missed this. But the book was mentioned quite prominently in Halberstam's excellent new book, The Teammates, so I sought it out. This is a rare book that combines research as rigorous as that of any academic with fine writing making it eminently readable, illustrated by pictures that help move the story along rather than just fill up space. I had always fancied myself as more knowledgeable than most Red Sox fans, but this book has humbled me. An absolute must for Sox fanatics.
Fact vs Fiction.......2003-05-07
This is THE definitive Red Sox history. It tells the whole story just as it happened. Of course, for Red Sox fans that is both good and bad. If you want a happier ending, read Bill Lee's The Little Red Sox Book, which changes Red Sox history and provides dozens of happy endings, including Ted Williams killing Hitler with a line drive, Babe staying in Boston and Jackie Robinson joining the Red Sox. I suggest you read them both...one to put you out on the ledge and the other to coax you back in.
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Con un acercamiento fácil de entender y un estilo amigable este nuevo ofrecimiento de las series Hecho Fácil, incluye direcciones y explicaciones que son completamente bilingües, haciendo que este libro sea de fácil uso y referencia para los que hablan español como primera lengua. Donde se presta para ello las lecciones han sido adaptadas para enseñar inglés en el contexto de la cultura americana.
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ingles hecho facil.......2005-08-11
This book is great if you are teaching english to non-speakers, the pronounciation is there, the translation, easy words, all the basics for starters. Pronouns, verbs, adverbs all easy grammatical sentences with explanations for the use and most of the rules for changing the endings for plurals, explains the masculine and femine use of words as well. I teach adults the english language and have bought this book to help me help them and as it turns out the students have liked it so much I have had to keep reordering for them to have one of their own.
It's the best there is! (El mejor!).......2005-07-28
In my opinion this is the best book available for Hispanics who want to learn English. I myself speak both English and Spanish and have taught English to Hispanics for 5-1/2 years. I am also a professional librarian. I have looked through large library ESL and Spanish/English language collections and have spent many hours at big-name bookstores looking for materials for my students. Nothing I saw is comparable to Inglés Hecho Fácil.
Naturally it's hard for me to say how helpful this book might be for a tutor who doesn't know Spanish, but I think it would be worthwhile trying to use it, if all your students are Spanish-speakers. It's in an entirely different class from all the other Spanish/English instructional materials I've ever seen. In fact, as far as I can tell, it's the only real Spanish/English text available in the US. (If you know of another, I'd love to hear about it!)
I understand the difficulty of the reviewer who criticized the indexing, and I grant that it's not easy to pick things out at a glance, but in fact, the Table of Contents does give a pretty thorough view of what is being presented. You just have to comb through it. For myself, after going through the book for so many years, I appreciate more and more the skill with which the material is developed. I also want to add that I agree with all of the positive points enumerated by an earlier reviewer, H.Zheng.
Qué lo aprovechen bien, amigos!
easy to follow and practical.......2004-08-06
I got this for a Hispanic friend who now lives in the U.S. but speaks very little English. I was looking for a book which was easy to follow and especially designed for native Spanish speakers. After comparing all the similar books, I selected this one because of the following:
- it has explanations in spanish, and useful phrases and vocabulary in both English and Spanish side-by-side, perfect for those who don't know very little English
- it has a very good coverage of grammar, phrases, and vocabularyit's not just a phrasebook. It also covers the grammar, just in a more learn-as-you-go way.
- unlike some books which assumes you will be a tourist and teaches you just the "survival phrases", it covers more everyday vocabulary and phrases that you can really use
- the layout of each page is simple and not cluttered, making it easy to follow and not intimidating
- it starts out by comparing the English words that are very similar to Spanish, giving the reader confidence to go on and learn more
- the phrases and new words are given in small portions, so that it's not very over whelming to the reader
- Spanish translation of the English phrases are side-by-side
Excellent starter book for teaching English.......2002-02-25
I have been using this book in multiple English classes for the last six months. Based on my experience, it is a competent beginner's text. I suggest the author update it and correct the typos. There are a few rough translations in both directions and the emphasis is too much on Mexican-Spanish. Nevertheless, I like using it and my students are learning quickly. It would be helpful if there was a cassette or CD to go along.
Good in some respects, difficult to use in others...........2001-07-11
Based on previous reviews, I expected a very easy to use resource that would work well for individual tutoring. Perhaps it's just me, but I have been using this book for one-on-one tutoring for several months now and find it somewhat difficult to navigate.
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Second, each sections starts with some type of theme story that presents several sentences in Spanish and English. My concern is that my student seems overwhelmed by so many new words and sentences. I know that this may help teach more conversational English, but I feel the vocabulary could be made more relevant to a new English speaker and the sentences presented after some new vocabulary had first been introduced.
Perhaps my biggest problem is that there isn't a clear index or table of contents that helps me figure out what skills are being taught in each section. It is not a very user friendly type book--it goes through the theme sections and presents concepts as it seems fit, but doesn't lend itself to finding a particular concept or jumping around within chapters.
I think this may very well be a fascinating book for Latinos and quite helpful in learning the English language, but I personally would not recommend it as the best way to go if you are tutoring someone. The material is not indexed particulary well and the sequencing and amount of information presented in each chapter does not lend itself to an effective one-on-one approach.
So please don't vote my review as unhelpful if you don't agree with my comments. I am just trying to offer my honest perspective from my personal experience...your mileage may vary!
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Good but not great.......2007-02-08
I felt that Rick's Provence and the French Riviera guide has some of the essentials but not the inspired coverage of his other books. There isn't the excitement that he presents in his Italian and other European guides. The coverage of the hill towns of Provence is somewhat perfunctory.
Rick Steve's Provence and the Riviera.......2007-01-31
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Rick Steves' Provence and the French Riviera 2005.......2007-01-04
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Good planning book.......2005-10-25
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Fine for planning your itinerary I suppose.......2005-08-18
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