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In search of Africa(s) : universalism and decolonial thought
- Title
- In search of Africa(s) : universalism and decolonial thought / Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Jean-Loup Amselle ; translated by Andrew Brown.
- Author
- Diagne, Souleymane Bachir
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2020]
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- Description
- xxii, 184 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This important book by two leading scholars of Africa examines the relationship between politics, religion and identity in contemporary culture and the possibility of a new universalism. Erudite, wide-ranging and eminently readable, it will be of great interests to students, scholars, and general readers alike"--
- Uniform Title
- En quête de Afrique(s). English
- Alternative Title
- En quête de Afrique(s).
- Subject
- Note
- "First published in French as En quête de Afrique(s): universalisme et pensée de coloniale, © Albin Michel, 2018"--title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / by Anthony Mangeon. -- Introduction / by Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Jean-Loup Amselle -- Universalism in questions / Jean-Loup Amselle -- On the universal and universalism / Souleymane Bachir Diagne -- Race, culture, identity / Jean-Loup Amselle -- Africanity, Afrocentrism and representation / Souleymane Bachir Diagne -- The racial prohibition of representation / Jean-Loup Amselle -- On cultural and linguistic specificities / Jean-Loup Amselle -- On African languages and translation / Souleymane Bachir Diagne -- An optimism of translation / Jean-Loup Amselle -- On philosophy in Islam and on the question of a 'West African Islam' / Souleymane Bachir Diagne -- The political instrumentalization of a West African Sufi Islam / Jean-Loup Amselle -- West African Sufism Revisited / Souleymane Bachir Diagne -- Thinking/creating Africa / Souleymane Bachir Diagne -- On the non-existence of Africa... and of Europe / Jean-Loup Amselle -- On Africa and pan-Africanism / Souleymane Bachir Diagne -- Souleymane Bachir Diagne's 'desire for Africa' / Jean-Loup Amselle -- Were human rights born in Africa? / Jean-Loup Amselle -- On the charters of the Mande' / Souleymane Bachir Diagne -- On various contemporary questions / Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Jean-Loup Amselle
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-1328
- ISBN
- 9781509540280
- 1509540288
- LCCN
- 2019029692
- OCLC
- 1108820986
- Author
- Diagne, Souleymane Bachir, author.
- Title
- In search of Africa(s) : universalism and decolonial thought / Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Jean-Loup Amselle ; translated by Andrew Brown.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Amselle, Jean-Loup, author.Mangeon, Anthony, writer of preface.Brown, Andrew (Literary translator), translator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-1328