Gilbert Rist (16 July 1938 – 15 February 2023) was a Swiss educator who was honorary professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He was best known for his study, The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith, which criticizes development and has been described as “to date, the most consequential and scholarly critique from the left of the development project”.[1][2][3] Rist held a PhD from the Graduate Institute of International Studies.[4]
Rist died on 15 February 2023, at the age of 84.[5]
Writings edit
English
- Gilbert Rist, The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith, Expanded Edition, London: Zed Books, 2003
- Gilbert Rist, The Delusions of Economics: The Misguided Certainties of a Hazardous Science, London: Zed Books, 2011
French (selection)
- (with Marie-Dominique PERROT and Fabrizio SABELLI), La mythologie programmée, L’économie des croyances dans la société moderne, coll. Economie en liberté, PUF, Paris, 1992
- (with Majid Rahnema and Gustavo Esteva), Le Nord perdu, Repères pour l’après-développement, coll. Forum du développement, Editions d’En Bas, Lausanne, 1992
- Le développement, Histoire d'une croyance occidentale, Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 1996 - also translated into Italian and Spanish
- L'économie ordinaire entre songes et mensonges, Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 2010
References edit
- ^ Brinkerhoff, Jennifer M. (October 2002). "Review: The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith". Economic Development and Cultural Change. 51 (1).
- ^ "Book Review: The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith by Gilbert Rist". LSE Review of Books. 2014-09-07. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Rieff, David. "An American Passion for Tyrants | David Rieff". ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Rist, Gilbert, ed. (1978). Image du Tiers Monde et conceptions du développement: une étude des documents des organisations suisses de coopération au développement. Saint-Saphorin: Editions Georgi. ISBN 978-2-604-00035-8.
- ^ En hommage à Gilbert Rist (in French)
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