Abstract

CORREAL TORRES, Paula Nathalia  and  BELLO GALLARDO, Nohemí. Proposal for the Deconstruction of the Development Discourse and Sustainability-Based Alternatives. Prolegómenos [online]. 2021, vol.24, n.47, pp.39-54.  Epub Aug 06, 2021. ISSN 0121-182X.  https://doi.org/10.18359/prole.4611.

the article presents a critical analysis of the development discourse, from classical antiquity to the 21st century, and its role in environmental preservation. In order to establish the relationship between progress and environment, issues such as sustainability and possible alternatives to it were addressed. Those alternatives are built up from scientific and political knowledge to respond a trend of commodification of nature incorporating elements such as rationality, the limiting law of nature and political ecology. In this regard, it is appropriate to review the role of intellectuals and scientists who have tackled this issue, especially in the inclusion of social and environmental aspects within the semantic core of development. The study was carried out by an analytical basic resarch method with a qualitative and descriptive approach, which sources are documentary.

Keywords : science and power; development; organic intellectuals; commodification of nature; sustainability, biocentric perspective.

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