ABSTRACT
In the initial phase of present-day development discourse as it emerged after Second World War, development was primarily concerned with economic development and political empowerment. After nearly three decades, in the 1980s, there emerged a broadening of this discourse in terms of human development which in the works of Amartya Sen laid emphasis on enhancing the functioning and capabilities of individuals. At the same time, there emerged critical interrogation of development as domination in both discourse as well as critical social movements. The later critique was inspired by Foucauldian critique of modernity and power. Discourse of development was also subjected to an ethical critique in the emerging movement of development ethics which raised questions of poverty, social suffering, corruption and lack of participation in the developmental discourse. The ethical critique of development is accompanied by an aesthetic critique and reconstruction which challenges us to realize the significance of art in human development. This chapter cultivates visions and pathways of integral development integrating ethical and aesthetic dimensions of development as well as material and the spiritual.
