Gilbert Rist
Gilbert Rist was an honorary professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He is best known for his study, The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith, which criticizes development.
He holds a PhD from the Graduate Institute of International Studies.Writings
English
French
- , La Mythologie programmée, L’économie des croyances dans la société moderne, coll. Economie en liberté, PUF, Paris, 1992
- , 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
