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This article analyses the fading away of the South. The first part examines the attachment to this notion and its link with the ideology of development and Third-Worldism. The South designates a hierarchical Otherness, meaning Others judged as inferior, in the context of development in the form of communicating vessels. The North irrigates the South. The second part of the article focuses on the faded South: the terrains and theories put to the test by globalization. The comparative perspective shows how fragile is the notion of South, applied in contexts that are precise, local, national, historical and held up for comparison. The paper emphasizes that the social sciences are “North centred” and that henceforth the South is coming to the North (cf. migrations, microcredit, etc.). The third part puts forward the idea that practically the division rich/poor has replaced that of North/ South. The positive qualities for which the North is credited are held up in contrast with the negative aspects attributed to the South: in terms of law, social security, health, education, spending power, democracy. The paper concludes with an examination of post-neocolonial global dependence and domination.