Dreamcatcher as my favorite theory books + excerpts

Kinda unhinged right now but also just featuring my fav books, you can reply to my tweet asking for the link if it interests you and i’ll put it on dropbox or smth

Jiu - toward love and authenticity in third world development by asuncion van arendonk-marquez

A critique of modernism and utilitarianism; argues that for us to achieve authentic development for all, we must love each other authentically

Sua - small is beautiful by e.f. Schumacher

A response to capitalism’s greedy habit of producing more than we need when humans can live simply if we wanted to — (wo)man is small, and therefore, small is beautiful

Siyeon - trust by francis fukuyama

Presents case studies of communities or institutions changing cultures (harder than you think) to accommodate trust btw all members/parties of that community/institution. When we trust each other, we develop - socioeconomically and culturally

Handong - encountering development by arturo escobar

Frankly an intimidating read, it did give me everything I had to know about understanding power and how it seeps into everything. Made me question everything I knew about anything at all

Yoohyeon - kicking away the ladder by ha joon chang

Lots of case studies (historical & present) of powerful countries prescribing policies/methods of improving economic welfare to less powerful countries, which often backfire and only serve the interests of powerful countries

Dami - love and st augustine by hannah arendt

Just a fan of hannah arendt and her thoughtful works on love and humanity, and how modernism has driven it out and foster evil. I think if there's anyone in deukae who can be described by "love for the world" it would be her

Gahyeon - why nations fail by daron acemoglu and james robinson

Institutionalist book but uses A LOT-LOT of case studies ; deep-dives into the history of how certain conditions came to be. Quite a number of things to remember but enjoyable and my favorite

Dreamcatcher as development as freedom by amartya sen

Introduces a framework to look beyond economics as ways to measure freedom - development is the freedom to value what we choose to value: free from fear, from hunger, from discrimination

Ok thanks for going through this incredibly niche thread but they're my ult group and these are my ult theory books - just hmu if you want a copy of any of them and I'll dm you! No paywall this lesbian cannot scale