In the aftermath of the First World War, the poet Paul Valery wrote of a 'crisis of spirit', brought about by the instrumentalization of knowledge and the destructive subordination of culture to profit. Recent events demonstrate all too clearly that that the stock of mind, or spirit, continues to fall. Originally published in French as Ce qui fait que la vie vaut la peine d'ãetre vâecue in 2010.
In the aftermath of the First World War, the poet Paul Valery wrote of a 'crisis of spirit', brought about by the instrumentalization of knowledge and the destructive subordination of culture to profit. Recent events demonstrate all too clearly that that the stock of mind, or spirit, continues to fall.Originally published in French as Ce qui fait que la vie vaut la peine d'ãetre vâecue in 2010.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Bernard Stiegler is Director of Cultural Development at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His many books in English include Technics and Time, For a New Critique of Political Economy, The Decadence of Industrial Democracies and Uncontrollable Societies of Disaffected Individuals.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements viii Introduction: A Continent on the Move 1 1 Myriad Challenges and Opportunities 5 2 A Demographic Dividend or Just More People? 21 3 Tropical Dilemmas: Disease, Water, and More 35 4 Educating Future Generations 55 5 To War Rather than to Prosper 69 6 Accountability and the Wages of Corrupt Behavior 91 7 The Infrastructural Imperative 116 8 Harnessing Mobile Telephone Capabilities 134 9 China Drives Growth 151 10 Strengthening Governance 173 11 Creating Responsible Leadership 189 Notes 216 Select Bibliography 244 Index 252
Acknowledgements viii Introduction: A Continent on the Move 1 1 Myriad Challenges and Opportunities 5 2 A Demographic Dividend or Just More People? 21 3 Tropical Dilemmas: Disease, Water, and More 35 4 Educating Future Generations 55 5 To War Rather than to Prosper 69 6 Accountability and the Wages of Corrupt Behavior 91 7 The Infrastructural Imperative 116 8 Harnessing Mobile Telephone Capabilities 134 9 China Drives Growth 151 10 Strengthening Governance 173 11 Creating Responsible Leadership 189 Notes 216 Select Bibliography 244 Index 252
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497