Development as Crossing: An Anthropological Approach

Claver  Boundja

doi:10.4236/aa.2019.91003

Claver Boundja

Abstract: This article proposes an anthropological reflection about development, in the philosophical sense of the term. Contemporary philosophers seem to be far from the question of development, which is an essential question for the societies of our time. It is therefore urgent to enunciate a theory of development, anthropological reflection that lies beyond economic and political theories on development. It is necessary to think about development, in its link with humanity or the essence of the human, by leading it to the element of its truth, namely the individual well-being, which escapes all attempts at control, probability and econometrics. This article proposes a new paradigm of development calls for a fundamental reflection, based on the analysis of human consciousness. We examine human consciousness, to understand its foundations about crossing, in a discourse with a universal aim.

Keywords: Development, Philosophical Anthropology, Well-Being, Consciousness, Human Being

Cite this paper: Boundja, C. (2019) Development as Crossing: An Anthropological Approach. Advances in Anthropology, 9, 32-55. doi: 10.4236/aa.2019.91003.

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