In Search of Africa(s) - by Souleymane Bachir Diagne & Jean-Loup Amselle (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"First published in French as En quãete de Afrique(s): universalisme et pensâee de coloniale, Ã Albin Michel, 2018"--title page verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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? <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Born in Senegal, <b>Souleymane Bachir Diagne</b> is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and an authority on African and Islamic philosophy.<br /> <b>Jean-Loup Amselle</b> is director of studies at the EHESS in Paris and a leading anthropologist of Africa.
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