- Additional Authors
- Jeffers, Chike, 1982-
- Description
- xiv, 194 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "A distinct, incisive look at an important figure in African literature and politics that will be welcomed by scholars in African studies and philosophy. Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) was a Senegalese poet and philosopher who in 1960 also became the first president of the Republic of Senegal. In African Art as Philosophy, Souleymane Bachir Diagne takes a unique approach to reading Senghor's influential works, taking as the starting point for his analysis Henri Bergson's idea that in order to understand philosophers one must find the initial intuition from which every aspect of their work develops. In the case of Senghor, Diagne argues that his primordial intuition is that African art is a philosophy. To further this point, Diagne looks at what Senghor called the "1889 Revolution," and the influential writers and publications of that time-specifically, Nietzsche and Rimbaud, as well as Bergson's Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness. The 1889 Revolution, Senghor claims, is what led him to the understanding of the "Vitalism" at the core of African religions and beliefs that found expression in the arts"--
- Uniform Title
- Léopold Sédar Senghor. English
- Alternative Title
- Léopold Sédar Senghor.
- Subject
- Senghor, Léopold Sédar, 1906-2001
- Senghor, Léopold Sédar, 1906-2001 > Criticism and interpretation
- Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941
- Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941
- Senghor, Léopold Sédar, 1906-2001
- Negritude (Literary movement)
- Art, African > Philosophy
- Philosophy, African
- Africans in literature
- Négritude
- Art africain > Philosophie
- Philosophie africaine
- Africains dans la littérature
- FICTION / General
- Africans in literature
- Art, African > Philosophy
- Philosophy, African
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Literary criticism
- Literary criticism.
- Critiques littéraires.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Contents
- Introduction to the 2023 edition -- Introduction: the initial philosophical intuition -- Exile -- Rhythms -- Co-naissance -- Convergence -- Conclusion: mixture.
- ISBN
- 9781635423211
- 163542321X
- 9781635423228 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023006266
- OCLC
- 1354647716
- Author
Diagne, Souleymane Bachir, author.
- Title
African art as philosophy : Senghor, Bergson, and the idea of negritude / Souleymane Bachir Diagne ; translated from the French by Chike Jeffers.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Language
Translated from the French.
- Topical Term
FICTION / General.
- Added Author
Jeffers, Chike, 1982- translator.
- Other Form:
Online version: Diagne, Souleymane Bachir. African art as philosophy New York : Other Press, [2023] 9781635423228 (DLC) 2023006267