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Development criticism refers to criticisms of technological development.

Notable development critics

References

Development-critical literature

Arturo Escobar: Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World, Princeton University Press 1995, ISBN 0-691-00102-2
Gilbert Rist, The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith, Expanded Edition, London: Zed Books, 2003, ISBN 1-84277-181-7
The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power, ed. by Wolfgang Sachs, London: Zed Books, 1992, ISBN 1-85649-044-0
Oren Ginzburg: There You Go! ISBN 974-92863-0-8
Mohandas Gandhi: Hind Swaraj (1909)
Ivan Illich: Tools for Conviviality (1973)
Post-Development Reader (Zed Books, ed. Majid Rahnema, 1997), ISBN 1-85649-474-8
No Place of Grace: antimodernism and the transformation of American culture 1880-1920, 1994, ISBN 0-226-46970-0
Henry Thoreau: Walden (1854)
Theodore Kaczynski: Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
Singh, S. (2007). Deconstructing gender and development paradigm for identities of women. International Journal of Social Welfare, 16(2), 100–109.

External links

Compost modernity
Dr. Wolfgang Sachs / Sustainable Globalisation
Stafford Beer World in Torment
Antimodernism by Arthur Versluis

Technology and related concepts

Major technologies

Necessities	Agriculture Domestication Grafting Working animal Clothing Sewing machine Cooking Beer Bread Cheese Milling Wine Food storage Pottery Sanitation Plumbing Toilet Tool / Equipment Blade Hammer Plough Wedge Weapon Gun
Social	Accounting Calculation Abacus Calendar Cryptography Lock and key Money Banknote Coin Musical instrument Phonograph Toy Game Video game Writing Book Map Printing press Typewriter
Construction	Aqueduct Canal Irrigation Arch Bridge Building Fortification Foundation Scaffolding Tower Dam Caisson Stonemasonry Road Tunnel
Transport	Aircraft Aerostat Airplane Seaplane Compass Elevator Horseback riding Stirrup Jet engine Rocket Motor vehicle Railroad Train Scuba set Spacecraft Satellite Space station Space suit Watercraft Sailing Ship Submarine
Manufacturing	3D printing Carpentry Casting Injection moulding Lost-wax casting Mass production Assembly line Interchangeable parts Machine tool Welding
Simple machine	Axle Bearing Ball bearing Belt Chain Lever Catapult Crane Shadoof Linkage Cam Clutch Four-bar linkage Piston Rack and pinion Pendulum Screw Archimedes' screw Propeller Spring Valve Wheel Block and tackle Flywheel Gear Potter's wheel Pulley Wing
Machinery	Agricultural machinery Appliance Dishwasher Washing machine Engine Electric motor Internal combustion Turbine Waterwheel Windmill Heavy equipment Hydraulics Cylinder Manifold Pump Mechanism Clock Differential Epicyclic gearing Gimbal Gyroscope Whippletree MEMS Pneumatics Compressor Jackhammer Rivet gun Vacuum pump Robotics Arm Leg
Energy	Fire Charcoal Oven Energy storage Battery Geothermal power Heat exchanger Heat pump Nuclear Power Weapon Oil drilling Fracking Refrigeration Air conditioning Refrigerator Solar power Photovoltaics
Material	Cement Concrete Ceramic Brick Chipped stone Glass Masonry Metallurgy Aluminum Bronze Ironworking Steel Nanomaterials Paper Plastic Rammed earth Recycling Rubber Vulcanization Textile Loom Spinning wheel
Biotechnology	Birth control Blood transfusion Dentistry Genetic engineering CRISPR gene editing Genetic testing PCR Hospital Medical imaging Medication Anesthesia Antibiotic Prosthesis Surgery Vaccine
Chemical	Detergent Soap Dye Explosive Dynamite Fireworks Gunpowder TNT Fertilizer Haber process Laboratory glassware Pesticide Pigment Separation Chromatography Distillation Filtration Spectrometer Synthesis
Electromagnetism	Electromagnet Laser Optical disc Lens Eyeglasses Magnetic storage Microwave oven Mirror Optical fiber Optical instrument Microscope Telescope Particle accelerator Photography Camera Motion picture Radar Telecommunications Mobile phone Radio Telegraph Telephone Television
Electricity	Circuit AC Circuit breaker DC Electrical grid Fuse Generator Switch Transformer Electric light Fluorescent Incandescent LED Neon Electronics Capacitor Circuit board Resistor Inductor Vacuum tube Lightning rod Multimeter Oscilloscope Semiconductor Diode Integrated circuit Transistor Superconductor
Computer	Artificial intelligence Hardware CPU GPU Modem Motherboard Mouse RAM Router Storage Touchscreen Networking Client–server model Email Internet Peer-to-peer Social media World Wide Web Programming language Software Compiler Database GUI Graphics software Operating system Spreadsheet Web browser Word processor

Perspectives

Criticism	Appropriate technology Low technology Luddite Neo-Luddism Precautionary principle
Ecotechnology	Environmental technology Clean technology Sustainable design Sustainable engineering
Policy & politics	Government by algorithm Intellectual property Patent Trade secret Persuasive technology Science policy Strategy of Technology Technology assessment Technorealism
Progressivism	Futures studies Technology forecasting Technological utopianism Technocracy movement Technological singularity Transhumanism
Studies	Diffusion of innovations Technology transfer History Timeline of historic inventions Philosophy Social construction of technology Technological determinism Technology acceptance model

Related concepts

Applied science	Agronomy Architecture Construction Engineering Forensics Forestry Logistics Medicine Mining Navigation Surveying
Innovation	Design High tech Invention Mature technology Research and development Technological convergence Technology lifecycle

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Notable development critics

See also

References

Development-critical literature

External links