Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Clifford Geertz -- 1. The Role of the Intellectual in a Developing Nation. The Intellectual in a Developing Nation -- 2. Development and Transformation. Beyond Economics: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Development. Power and Morality in Global Transformation -- 3. Development as Learning. Lessons from the Development Experience. New Learning Pathways to Development -- 4. The Challenge to Higher Education. The Humanities and Development. The Social Sciences, Government, and Youth. The International Dimension of Universities in an Interdependent World -- 5. Violence and Nonviolence. Patterns of Armed Conflict in the Third World. The Challenge of Nonviolence -- 6. The Governance of the International System. International Governance. Values in Transition. Lessons for the Twenty-first Century -- 7. Religion and Progress. Between Transcendence and History. On Different Ways of Knowing Science, Technology, and Spiritual Values. Religious Perceptions of Desirable Societies: Islamic Perspectives and Responses. Religion and the Development Process in Asia -- 8. Common Humanity: An Ethical Framework. Humanitarianism: An Ethical Framework for Human Solidarity.