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This important book by two leading scholars of Africa examines a
series of issues that are central to the question of the
postcolonial. The postcolonial paradigm, and the more recent
decolonial paradigm, raise the issue of the universal: is the
postcolonial the first phase of a new universalism, one which would
be truly universal because it would be fully inclusive, or is it on
the contrary the denial of all universalism, the triumph of the
particular and of fragmentation? In addressing this issue Diagne
and Amselle also tackle many related themes, such as the concepts
of race, culture and identity, the role of languages in philosophy
as practised in different cultural areas, the various conceptions
of Islam, especially in West Africa, and the outlines of an Africa
which can be thought of at the same time as singular and as plural.
Each thinker looks back at his writings on these themes, comparing
and contrasting them with those of his interlocutor. While Amselle
seeks to expose the essentialist and culturalist logics that might
underlie postcolonial and decolonial thought, Diagne consistently
refuses to adopt the trappings of the Afrocentrist and
particularist thinker. He argues instead for a total decentring of
all thought, one that rejects all 'centrisms' and highlights
instead branchings and connections, transfers, analogies and
reciprocal influences between cultural places and intellectual
fields that may be distant but are not distinct in space and time.
This volume is a timely contribution to current debates on the
postcolonial question and its new decolonial form. It will be of
great interest to students and scholars in a variety of fields,
from African studies and Black studies to philosophy, anthropology,
sociology and cultural studies, as well as to anyone interested in
the debates around postcolonial studies and decolonial thought
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African Meditations (Paperback)
Felwine Sarr; Translated by Drew S. Burk; Foreword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne
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R487
Discovery Miles 4 870
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An influential thinker’s fascinating reflections and meditations
on reacclimating to his native Senegal as a young academic after
years of study abroad The call to morning prayer. A group
run at daybreak along the Corniche in Dakar. A young woman shedding
tears on a beach as her friends take a boat to Europe. In African
Meditations, paths to enlightenment collide with tales of loss and
ruminations, musical gatherings, and the everyday sights and sounds
of life in West Africa as a young philosopher and creative writer
seeks to establish himself as a teacher upon his return to Senegal,
his homeland, after years of study abroad. A unique
contemporary portrait of an influential, multicultural thinker on a
spiritual quest across continents—reflecting on his multiple
literary influences along with French, African Francophone, and
Senegalese tribal cultural roots in a homeland with a predominantly
Muslim culture—African Meditations is a seamless blend of
autobiography, journal entries, and fiction; aphorisms and brief
narrative sketches; humor and Zen reflections. Taking us
from Saint-Louis to Dakar, Felwine Sarr encounters the rhythms of
everyday life as well as its disruptions such as teachers’
strikes and power outages while traversing a semi-surrealistic
landscape. As he reacclimates to his native country after a life in
France, we get candid glimpses, both vibrant and hopeful, sublime
and mundane, into his Zen journey to resecure a foothold in his
roots and to navigate academia, even while gleaning something of
the good life, of joy, amid the struggles of life in
Senegal.
This important book by two leading scholars of Africa examines a
series of issues that are central to the question of the
postcolonial. The postcolonial paradigm, and the more recent
decolonial paradigm, raise the issue of the universal: is the
postcolonial the first phase of a new universalism, one which would
be truly universal because it would be fully inclusive, or is it on
the contrary the denial of all universalism, the triumph of the
particular and of fragmentation? In addressing this issue Diagne
and Amselle also tackle many related themes, such as the concepts
of race, culture and identity, the role of languages in philosophy
as practised in different cultural areas, the various conceptions
of Islam, especially in West Africa, and the outlines of an Africa
which can be thought of at the same time as singular and as plural.
Each thinker looks back at his writings on these themes, comparing
and contrasting them with those of his interlocutor. While Amselle
seeks to expose the essentialist and culturalist logics that might
underlie postcolonial and decolonial thought, Diagne consistently
refuses to adopt the trappings of the Afrocentrist and
particularist thinker. He argues instead for a total decentring of
all thought, one that rejects all 'centrisms' and highlights
instead branchings and connections, transfers, analogies and
reciprocal influences between cultural places and intellectual
fields that may be distant but are not distinct in space and time.
This volume is a timely contribution to current debates on the
postcolonial question and its new decolonial form. It will be of
great interest to students and scholars in a variety of fields,
from African studies and Black studies to philosophy, anthropology,
sociology and cultural studies, as well as to anyone interested in
the debates around postcolonial studies and decolonial thought
What does it mean to be a Muslim philosopher, or to philosophize in
Islam? In Open to Reason, Souleymane Bachir Diagne traces Muslims'
intellectual and spiritual history of examining and questioning
beliefs and arguments to show how Islamic philosophy has always
engaged critically with texts and ideas both inside and outside its
tradition. Through a rich reading of classical and modern Muslim
philosophers, Diagne explains the long history of philosophy in the
Islamic world and its relevance to crucial issues of our own time.
From classical figures such as Avicenna to the twentieth-century
Sufi master and teacher of tolerance Tierno Bokar Salif Tall,
Diagne explores how Islamic thinkers have asked and answered such
questions as Does religion need philosophy? How can religion
coexist with rationalism? What does it mean to interpret a
religious narrative philosophically? What does it mean to be human,
and what are human beings' responsibilities to nature? Is there
such a thing as an "Islamic" state, or should Muslims reinvent
political institutions that suit their own times? Diagne shows that
philosophizing in Islam in its many forms throughout the centuries
has meant a commitment to forward and open thinking. A remarkable
history of philosophy in the Islamic world as well as a work of
philosophy in its own right, this book seeks to contribute to the
revival of a spirit of pluralism rooted in Muslim intellectual and
spiritual traditions.
Winner, French Voices Grand Prize Nostalgia makes claims on us both
as individuals and as members of a political community. In this
short book, Barbara Cassin provides an eloquent and sophisticated
treatment of exile and of desire for a homeland, while showing how
it has been possible for many to reimagine home in terms of
language rather than territory. Moving from Homer's and Virgil's
foundational accounts of nostalgia to the exilic writings of Hannah
Arendt, Cassin revisits the dangerous implications of nostalgia for
land and homeland, thinking them anew through questions of exile
and language. Ultimately, Cassin shows how contemporary philosophy
opens up the political stakes of rootedness and uprootedness,
belonging and foreignness, helping us to reimagine our relations to
others in a global and plurilingual world.
What does it mean to be a Muslim philosopher, or to philosophize in
Islam? In Open to Reason, Souleymane Bachir Diagne traces Muslims'
intellectual and spiritual history of examining and questioning
beliefs and arguments to show how Islamic philosophy has always
engaged critically with texts and ideas both inside and outside its
tradition. Through a rich reading of classical and modern Muslim
philosophers, Diagne explains the long history of philosophy in the
Islamic world and its relevance to crucial issues of our own time.
From classical figures such as Avicenna to the twentieth-century
Sufi master and teacher of tolerance Tierno Bokar Salif Tall,
Diagne explores how Islamic thinkers have asked and answered such
questions as Does religion need philosophy? How can religion
coexist with rationalism? What does it mean to interpret a
religious narrative philosophically? What does it mean to be human,
and what are human beings' responsibilities to nature? Is there
such a thing as an "Islamic" state, or should Muslims reinvent
political institutions that suit their own times? Diagne shows that
philosophizing in Islam in its many forms throughout the centuries
has meant a commitment to forward and open thinking. A remarkable
history of philosophy in the Islamic world as well as a work of
philosophy in its own right, this book seeks to contribute to the
revival of a spirit of pluralism rooted in Muslim intellectual and
spiritual traditions.
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Film Socialisme (DVD)
Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Marc Stehle, Patti Smith, Robert Maloubier, …
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R177
Discovery Miles 1 770
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Jean-Luc Godard directs this allegorical cine-essay meditating on
the history, culture, philosophy and economics of modern Europe.
Described by Godard as 'a symphony in three movements', the film
opens with a depiction of Europe as a luxury cruise ship in the
Mediterranean sea, peopled with passengers of many countries,
backgrounds and languages. The second segment, set in France,
unfolds as a family drama in which two children summon their
parents to a 'tribunal of their childhood', demanding answers on
the themes of liberty, equality, and fraternity. The third section
traces an abstract and non-chronological history of the West,
taking in the Mediterranean territories of Egypt, Palestine,
Odessa, Hellas, Naples, and Barcelona through a montage of film
clips, images and music.
Educational development in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries has
long been delayed due to weak capacities in the production and
management of relevant knowledge. The lack of adequate and reliable
education management information systems continues to impede the
formulation and implementation of sound educational development
policies. Hence, there has been considerable interest within the
international community, including organizations such as the
Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), SSA Governments and other
multilateral and bilateral institutions in building relevant
capacities in SSA countries. The dissertation on which this book is
based was designed to contribute to our understanding of how such
development policies are internationally coordinated and
implemented through national programmes. It examined the
coordination and implementation of the National Education
Statistical Information Systems (NESIS) capacity building
intervention in SSA, particularly in Senegal and Zambia, and shed
some light on how capacities are built as well as on the
top-down/bottom-up debate on development interventions.
In the atmosphere of suspicion and anger that characterizes our
time, it is a joy to hear the voice of Iqbal, both passionate and
serene. It is the voice of a soul that is deeply anchored in the
Quranic Revelation, and precisely for that reason, open to all the
other voices, seeking in them the path of his own fidelity. It is
the voice of a man who has left behind all identitarian rigidity,
who has 'broken all the idols of tribe and caste' to address
himself to all human beings. But an unhappy accident has meant that
this voice was buried, both in the general forgetting of Islamic
modernism and in the very country that he named before its
existence, Pakistan, whose multiple rigidities - political,
religious, military - constitute a continual refutation of the very
essence of his thought. But we all need to hear him again, citizens
of the West, Muslims, and those from his native India, where a form
of Hindu chauvinism rages in our times, in a way that exceeds his
worst fears. Souleymane Bachir Diagne has done all of us an immense
favor in making this voice heard once again, clear and convincing.
Charles Taylor, Professor, McGill University Quebec, Canada
Winner, French Voices Grand Prize Nostalgia makes claims on us both
as individuals and as members of a political community. In this
short book, Barbara Cassin provides an eloquent and sophisticated
treatment of exile and of desire for a homeland, while showing how
it has been possible for many to reimagine home in terms of
language rather than territory. Moving from Homer's and Virgil's
foundational accounts of nostalgia to the exilic writings of Hannah
Arendt, Cassin revisits the dangerous implications of nostalgia for
land and homeland, thinking them anew through questions of exile
and language. Ultimately, Cassin shows how contemporary philosophy
opens up the political stakes of rootedness and uprootedness,
belonging and foreignness, helping us to reimagine our relations to
others in a global and plurilingual world.
Priority assessment methods are relatively well developed for
commodity improvement programs, however, innovation is needed for
other, newer areas of research which have impact pathways that are
harder to predict. Focusing on priority setting practices for
agricultural research, this book analyzes various priority
assessment methods and research in the context of real-world
experiences and new innovations. Chapters present methods that have
been used to articulate, explore and assess impact pathways and
research priorities, while also considering their strengths and
weaknesses and drawing together methodological lessons.
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Postcolonial Bergson (Hardcover)
Souleymane Bachir Diagne; Translated by Lindsay Turner; Foreword by John E. Drabinski
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R2,194
Discovery Miles 21 940
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Henri Bergson has been the subject of keen interest within French
philosophy ever since being championed by Gilles Deleuze and
others. Yet his influence extends well beyond European philosophy,
especially within Africa and South Asia. Postcolonial Bergson
traces the influence of Bergson's thought through the work of two
major figures in the postcolonial struggle, Muhammad Iqbal and
Leopold Sedar Senghor. Poets and statesmen as well as philosophers,
both of these thinkers-the one Muslim and the other Catholic-played
an essential political and intellectual role in the independence of
their respective countries. Both found, in Bergson's work,
important support for their philosophical, cultural, and political
projects. For Iqbal, a founding father of independent Pakistan,
Bergson's conceptions of time and creative evolution resonated with
the need for the "reconstruction of religious thought in Islam," a
religious thought newly able to incorporate innovation and change.
For Senghor, Bergsonian ideas of perception, intuition, and elan
vital-filtered in part through the work of the French philosopher
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin-proved crucial for thinking about
African art, as well as foundational for his formulations of
African socialism and his visions of an unalienated African future.
At a moment of renewed interest in Bergson's philosophy, this book,
by a major figure in both French and African philosophy, gives an
expanded idea of the political ramifications of Bergson's thought
in a postcolonial context.
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Postcolonial Bergson (Paperback)
Souleymane Bachir Diagne; Translated by Lindsay Turner; Foreword by John E. Drabinski
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R623
Discovery Miles 6 230
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Henri Bergson has been the subject of keen interest within French
philosophy ever since being championed by Gilles Deleuze and
others. Yet his influence extends well beyond European philosophy,
especially within Africa and South Asia. Postcolonial Bergson
traces the influence of Bergson’s thought through the work of two
major figures in the postcolonial struggle, Muhammad Iqbal and
Léopold Sédar Senghor. Poets and statesmen as well as
philosophers, both of these thinkers—the one Muslim and the other
Catholic—played an essential political and intellectual role in
the independence of their respective countries. Both found, in
Bergson’s work, important support for their philosophical,
cultural, and political projects. For Iqbal, a founding father of
independent Pakistan, Bergson’s conceptions of time and creative
evolution resonated with the need for the “reconstruction of
religious thought in Islam,” a religious thought newly able to
incorporate innovation and change. For Senghor, Bergsonian ideas of
perception, intuition, and élan vital—filtered in part through
the work of the French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de
Chardin—proved crucial for thinking about African art, as well as
foundational for his formulations of African socialism and his
visions of an unalienated African future. At a moment of renewed
interest in Bergson’s philosophy, this book, by a major figure in
both French and African philosophy, gives an expanded idea of the
political ramifications of Bergson’s thought in a postcolonial
context.
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