Serge Latouche

Serge Latouche (born 12 January 1940 in Vannes ) is a French economist and philosopher, Professor aD the University of Paris - XI ( Sceaux ) and is considered one of the representatives of the concept of degrowth.

As for the other members of the Post Development is also Latouche for the critique of development and the rupture with her ​​a step up from almost world-historical importance, for the North and for the South:

Latouche is a founding member and President of the Association La ligne d'horizon, which is dedicated to the work of economists and development banker François Partant. Serge Latouche is also among the first authors of the magazine La Revue du Mauss.

Serge Latouche criticized the economic doctrine and aimed it specifically against the " economic orthodoxy ", "economism " and utilitarianism in the social sciences and the development of policy. He works in the field of anthropological economics and criticized primarily the theory of rationality of economic action and the theory of economic efficiency.

In 1998 he received the Luigi Sturzo Special Price Premio Amalfi.