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James Howard Smith

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Description:These days, development inspires scant trust in the West. For critics who condemn centralized efforts to plan African societies as latter day imperialism, asuch plansatoo closely reflect their roots in colonial rule and neoliberal economics. But proponents of this pessimistic view often ignore how significant this concept has become for Africans themselves. In "Bewitching Development," James Howard Smith presents a close ethnographic account of how people in the Taita Hills of Kenya have appropriated and made sense of development thought and practice, focusing on the complex ways that development connects with changing understandings of witchcraft. Similar to magic, developmentOCOs promise of a better world elicits both hope and suspicion from Wataita. Smith shows that the unforeseen changes wrought by developmentOCogreater wealth for some, dashed hopes for many moreOCofoster moral debates that Taita people express in occult terms. By carefully chronicling the beliefs and actions of this diverse communityOCofrom frustrated youths to nostalgic seniors, duplicitous preachers to thought-provoking witch doctorsOCo"Bewitching" "Development" vividly depicts the social life of formerly foreign ideas and practices in postcolonial Africa.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bewitching Development: Witchcraft and the Reinvention of Development in Neoliberal Kenya. To get started finding Bewitching Development: Witchcraft and the Reinvention of Development in Neoliberal Kenya, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 287

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Release: 2014

ISBN: 0226764591

Description: These days, development inspires scant trust in the West. For critics who condemn centralized efforts to plan African societies as latter day imperialism, asuch plansatoo closely reflect their roots in colonial rule and neoliberal economics. But proponents of this pessimistic view often ignore how significant this concept has become for Africans themselves. In "Bewitching Development," James Howard Smith presents a close ethnographic account of how people in the Taita Hills of Kenya have appropriated and made sense of development thought and practice, focusing on the complex ways that development connects with changing understandings of witchcraft. Similar to magic, developmentOCOs promise of a better world elicits both hope and suspicion from Wataita. Smith shows that the unforeseen changes wrought by developmentOCogreater wealth for some, dashed hopes for many moreOCofoster moral debates that Taita people express in occult terms. By carefully chronicling the beliefs and actions of this diverse communityOCofrom frustrated youths to nostalgic seniors, duplicitous preachers to thought-provoking witch doctorsOCo"Bewitching" "Development" vividly depicts the social life of formerly foreign ideas and practices in postcolonial Africa.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bewitching Development: Witchcraft and the Reinvention of Development in Neoliberal Kenya. To get started finding Bewitching Development: Witchcraft and the Reinvention of Development in Neoliberal Kenya, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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