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'Greed' is a visceral insult. It jabs below the belt, evoking guilty sensations of gluttony and lust. It taunts the rich and powerful, penetrating the cover of modern ideologies and institutions. Today, old-fashioned accusations of greed drag the larger-than-life corporate fat cats down to human bodily proportions, accusing them of gain without genuine growth. This lively new book is a wide-ranging inquiry into how greed works in our lives and in the world at large. Western philosophy has intellectualized human passions, explaining and justifying our expansive desires as 'rational self-interest'. However, an examination of the visceral power of greed tells us something about the apathy of modern theory. It shows us how confused we have become about the meanings of growth, creating false and morally hazardous distinctions between biology on the one hand, and history on the other. With greed as a guide, this book considers how the integrity of these meanings may be restored. This remarkable book will be of interest to anyone concerned about the morality of economic behavior in the modern world. It will be an important text for students in the social sciences, especially in anthropology, sociology, development studies, and business studies.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Weights and Measures -- INTRODUCTION -- The Arcadian Argus: "Coastal VIllagesBrace Themselves for Transformation -- Introduction -- History of the Exercise -- The Scenario -- Book Layout -- The Book as a Teaching Resource -- From Development Trends 1991: "Republic of Arcadia -- PART ONE: SPECIFICATIONS -- An Invitation to Join the SPAC -- SPAC: Introductory Notes -- Planning Commission Memorandum -- Report of the International Fisheries Institute -- Report of the Institute of Social Studies -- From Discovering Arcadia by Rick Rinegold -- PART TWO: PROPOSALS -- Agenda for SPAC Meeting to Discuss -- Cover Letter for the Proposals -- Proposal A -- Proposal B -- Proposal C -- Proposal D -- PART THREE: THE EXERCISE -- Petition from the Elders of Beta Town -- The Arcadian Argus: "President Speaks Out -- Playing the Game -- Intepreting the Documents -- Drafting Your Proposal -- Matters Arising -- Reading Guide

Ausgehend von eigenen Erfahrungen (u.a. in Ghana und Lesotho) stellt der Autor in seiner vor der 'African Studies Association of the United Kingdom' am 19.9.1984 gehaltenen Rede fest, daß Feldforschungen aufgrund der Skepsis vieler staatlicher Institutionen und teilweise auch der Bevölkerung gegenüber den europäischen Wissenschaftlern immer schwieriger werden; er spricht sich deshalb für einen kleiner angelegten, in die Tiefe gehenden und auf die praktischen Bedürfnisse der Menschen ausgerichteten Forschungsansatz aus. (DÜI-Spe)