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2025-2026 Franklin & Marshall College Catalog
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ECO 381 - Postcolonial Perspectives on Development

Description
The course is a seminar on the question of economic development from the perspectives of formerly colonized societies, which are today described as ‘less developed’ or ‘third world’ countries. It covers the idea of development in European thought, postcolonial critiques of development, and the contours of postcoloniality and postcolonial thought, including cultural hegemony, orientalism, hybridity. Readings are multidisciplinary.
Credits: 1

Course Attribute(s):
SOCS Gen Ed: Social Science Req
WRLD Gen Ed: World Perspectives Req


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