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The ink of the scholars : reflections on philosophy in Africa

Title
The ink of the scholars : reflections on philosophy in Africa / Souleymane Bachir Diagne ; translated from French by Jonathan Adjemian.
Author
Diagne, Souleymane Bachir
Publication
  • Dakar : CODESRIA, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Codesria, issuing body.
Description
106 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Four important topics are identified here as important objects of philosophical reflection on the African continent. One is the question of ontology in relation to African religions and aesthetics. Another is the question of time and, in particular, of prospective thinking and development. A third issue is the task of reconstructing the intellectual history of the continent through the examination of the question of orality but also by taking into account the often neglected tradition of written erudition in Islamic centres of learning. Timbuktu is certainly the most important and most famous of such intellectual centres. The fourth question concerns political philosophy: the concept of 'African socialisms' is revisited and the march that led to the adoption of the 'African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights' is examined. All these important issues are also fundamental to understanding the question of African languages and translation.
Series Statement
Codesria book series
Uniform Title
  • Encre des savants. English
  • Codesria book series.
Alternative Title
Encre des savants.
Subject
  • Philosophy > Africa
  • Philosophy, African
  • Socialism > Africa > Philosophy
  • Philosophy
  • Africa
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-106).
Contents
Machine generated contents note: The Force of Living -- Bantu Philosophy: A Contradictory Text -- Ontology of Living Force -- Languages and Translation -- Proof by Aesthetics -- The Time we Need -- That Time we Call African -- Words to Speak of Time -- To Foresee or to Anticipate -- Speech and Ink -- Sense of Urgency and the Passage to Writing -- Philosophy and Orality -- Meanings of Timbuktu -- Socialisms and Democracy -- The African Path to Socialism According to Nyerere -- Socialism, Consciencism, Spiritualism and Secularism -- Senghor and Humanist Socialism -- The Democratic Turn and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights -- Conclusion: Lessons from the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Call Number
ReCAP 21-5390
ISBN
  • 9782869787056
  • 2869787057
LCCN
99974362063
OCLC
993260077
Author
Diagne, Souleymane Bachir, author.
Title
The ink of the scholars : reflections on philosophy in Africa / Souleymane Bachir Diagne ; translated from French by Jonathan Adjemian.
Publisher
Dakar : CODESRIA, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Codesria book series
Codesria book series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-106).
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Codesria, issuing body.
Other Standard Identifier
99974362063
Research Call Number
ReCAP 21-5390
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