{"product_id":"the-spirit-of-regeneration-andean-culture-confronting-western-notions-of-development-paperback-1","title":"The Spirit of Regeneration: Andean Culture Confronting Western Notions of Development - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederique Apffel-Marglin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume assembles for the first time in English a selection of the work which a group of Peruvian development specialists of peasant background have initiated since 1987. Their starting point is that development itself is the problem because its epistemologies and practices are alien to the indigenous peasantry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstead, they believe that the native cultural and agricultural systems in the Andes are very much alive, environmentally respectful, and embody a viable, even if totally different, mode of being and understanding from the industrial West. The contributors to this volume, all of them Peruvians, present different facets of this Andean worldview which, while able to absorb elements from other cultures, exists on its own terms and within its own ongoing cosmology.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederique Apffel-Marglin is Professor of Anthropology at Smith College, Northampton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.52 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53733854511411,"sku":"9781856495486","price":95.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Ak6EdVgM7M9781856495486_a7ba6051-334e-4af6-aeb6-c258bf6dff7d.webp?v=1785189969","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-spirit-of-regeneration-andean-culture-confronting-western-notions-of-development-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}