"Critique of Development and Other Essays-a book that Gustavo personally oversaw at the very end of his life-is not only proof of Gustavo's unwavering commitment to a pluriversal autonomous transformation beyond the state, market, and formal democracy, but also a testament to his relentless pursuit of the possibility of creating a radical plurality of conviviality between worlds. The book, which consists of a series of essays written by Esteva throughout his intellectual life, offers a body of work and intellectual path that is difficult to summarise in one volume, much less in a book review. However, the care that Gustavo and his editors (Jose Rafael Escobedo and Bernd Reiter) and translator (Kathryn Dix) invested into these texts-each one carefully selected and presented in a particular order (some of them translated into English for the first time), along with introductory notes by Esteva himself-provides a systematic and comprehensive view on his work expanding over five decades."
Carlos Tornel, Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography
Carlos Tornel, Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography