ABSTRACT

The Pluriverse is the latest in a line of critical conceptual dictionaries problematizing the idea of ‘development’ from a variety of left-leaning progressive perspectives. The editors provide a lengthy set of introductions and rationales for the book, followed by a number of essays on why ‘reformist solutions’ won't work. The core of the book: ‘A People's Pluriverse: Transformative Initiatives’ consists of about 80 shorter essays by scholars and scholar-activists from all over the world, focused on the project to establish the idea of the pluriverse as the alternative to Sustainable Development and (in most cases) global capitalist hegemony, arguing for the pluriverse as a more life-enhancing foundation on which to build the theory and practice of a better world. The book is almost unique in terms of the conceptual range and geographical scope of the contributors.

摘要

多元是一系列关键概念词典中的最新一本，它从各种向左倾斜的进步角度对“发展”的概念提出了问题。编辑们为这本书提供了冗长的介绍和依据，并附有大量关于“改革解决方案”为何行不通的文章。该书的核心：“人民多元文化：变革性倡议”由来自世界各地的学者和学者活动家撰写的约80篇短文组成，重点是建立多元文化作为可持续发展和可持续发展的替代方案的项目。 （在大多数情况下）全球资本主义霸权，认为多元论是增强生活的基础，可以在此基础上建立更美好的世界的理论和实践。