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Arturo Escobar is a Colombian American anthropologist known for postdevelopment theory and the 1995 book Encountering Development.
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Arturo Escobar ranks #76 of 304 in the Anthropologist ranking, behind David Schneider, ahead of Robert Lowie.
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Arturo Escobar scores 8.05/10 (Great) on Lunoo, making it a well-rated option in the Anthropologist category. Postdevelopment theory and Encountering Development are widely influential; praised and contested.
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