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Post-Development-Diskurs: Lektionen für die Degrowth-Bewegung (Teil 2)

27.07.2015

Von Lasse Thiele

Im ersten Teil dieses Beitrags wurde in entwicklungskritische Diskurse eingeführt, in denen seit Jahrzehnten das westliche Wohlstands- und Wachstumsmodell dekonstruiert wird. Die Anknüpfungspunkte zwischen Entwicklungs- und aktueller europäischer Wachstumskritik – und den im nächsten Schritt formulierten Alternativvorschlägen – sind zahlreich. Im Folgenden sollen nur einige bedeutende Gedankenlinien aufgenommen werden. Weiter auf dem Blog Postwachstum

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