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Gilbert Rist

Gilbert Rist

Swiss educator (1938–2023)

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

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

  1. [1]
    Brinkerhoff, Jennifer M. (October 2002). "Review: The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith". Economic Development and Cultural Change. 51 (1).
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    Rieff, David. "An American Passion for Tyrants | David Rieff". ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  4. [4]
    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.
  5. [5]
    En hommage à Gilbert Rist (in French)

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