HRDI, colonization, and post-truth politics

ABSTRACT

The birth of Human Resource Development International (HRDI) is used to explore ideological colonialism, the privileged ‘best’, and the concretization of inequality. I argue that whilst ideas and cultures become hybridized, post-truth politics and agnotology lead to a world in which inequalities are accentuated. As our lives become increasingly complex and diverse, HRDI is ideally placed to facilitate the exploration of these issues.

KEYWORDS:

• Colonization
• hybridity
• history of HRD
• agnotology
• globalization
• immigration
• post-truth politics

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