Trespassing and self-subversions: Albert Hirschman turned these exercises into an art, a plea that combines curiosity and intellectual humility. In a world accustomed to thinking and thinking itslef through totalizing models, Hirschman's work and intellectual attitude are a healthy and beneficial invitation. This is not the only merit of his feat. Many of the concepts developed by Hirschman, his triptych Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, the notion of the tunnel effect and, above all, his possibilist propensity, his attempts to transcend and self-subvert theories (including his own), paradigms and models, all the cubisms and mental minimalisms that continue to be born and reborn, constitute healthy sources of inspiration and interpretation to rethink the never-ending search for development. Finally, notions such as community participation or social capital are also appreciated, subverted and self-subverted in the light of Hirschman's work.
Keywords:
Latin America, Development, Social Capital, Albert Hirschman, Trespassing and Self-Subversions
Author Biography
Javier Santiso
Investigador argentino de la Fundación de Ciencia Política de París, es autor de trabajos importantes en el campo de las ciencias sociales y un profundo estudioso del pensamiento de Albert Hirschman.
Santiso, J. (2000). Desarrollo y capital social a la luz del pensamiento de Albert Hirschman : sobre el arte de los traspasos y de las autosubversiones. Estudios Internacionales, 33(129), p. 33–57. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.2000.14973
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