Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond
@inproceedings{Blaser2010StorytellingGF, title={Storytelling Globalization from the Chaco and Beyond}, author={Mario Blaser}, year={2010} }
About the Series Map List Preface Introduction. Globalization and the Struggle for Worlds and Knowledges Otherwise Part One. Puruhle/Genealogies 1. Laissez-Faire Progress: Invisibilizing the Yrmo 2. State-Driven Development: Stabilizing Modernity 3. Sustainable Development: Modernity Unravels? Part Two. Porowo/Moralities 4. Enacting the Yrmo 5. Taming Differences Part Three. Azle/Translations 6. Translating Neoliberalism 7. A World in which Many Worlds (Are Forced to) Fit 8. Becoming the Yshiro…
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