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Neither sustainable nor development: reconsidering sustainability in development
Author(s) -
Luke Timothy W.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.115
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1099-1719
pISSN - 0968-0802
DOI - 10.1002/sd.284
Subject(s) - rhetoric , ideology , sustainability , sustainable development , construct (python library) , environmental ethics , rhetorical question , sociology , epistemology , political science , philosophy , law , computer science , politics , ecology , linguistics , biology , programming language
This paper questions the rhetorical workings of ‘sustainable development’ as an ideological construct in contemporary global society. It suggests that this term actually is increasingly used as a label to place over modes of existence that are neither sustainable nor developmental. Yet, the rhetoric is also now a material culture of being that is created, carried and continued in the everyday practices of design, exchange and production. Copyright ©; 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.