“Government in these days is a consequence solely of military power”: so observed the great Islamic philosopher, al-Ghazali, when describing Moslem nations in 1100. His aphorism applies only too well in many of the developing countries of our time. Plus …
Peter Worsley, who holds the chair of sociology at Manchester, has written an admirable social-democratic manifesto for underdeveloped countries. Having just tried my own hand at dealing with this topic—a survey of the “Third World” and the prescription of new …
The people of the emerging nations, as Stanley Diamond has rightly said (“Modern Africa: the Pains of Independence,” DISSENT, Spring 1963), need our “humane insight, fraternal sympathy, and concrete historical perceptions.” They also have a right to constructive criticism. To …
