The Resource Decolonising the intellectual : politics, culture, and humanism at the end of the French empire, Jane Hiddleston
Decolonising the intellectual : politics, culture, and humanism at the end of the French empire, Jane Hiddleston
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- Summary
- Francophone intellectuals writing in the lead-up to decolonisation were faced with an impossible dilemma. How could they redefine their culture, and the 'humanity' they felt had been denied by the colonial project, in terms that did not replicate the French thinking by which they were formed? Figures such as Senghor, Césaire, Fanon, Amrouche, Feraoun and Kateb were all educated, indeed immersed in French culture and language, yet they intervened forcefully in political debates surrounding decolonisation and sought to contribute to the reinvention of local cultures in a gesture of resistance to the ongoing French presence. Despite their pivotal role during this period of upheaval, then, their project was fraught with tensions that form the focus of this study. In particular, these writers reflected on the relation between universality and particularity in intellectual work, and struggled to avoid the traps associated with an over-investment in either domain. They also all learned from metropolitan French humanist thought but strove to continually reinvent that humanism so as to account for colonised experience and culture. Finally, their work addressed the ongoing question of the relation between literature or culture and politics, and it testifies now to a moment of intense dialogue, and potential conflict, between contrasting but complementary spheres of activity. -- Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 280 p.
- Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Léopold Sédar Senghor: Politician and poet between hybridity and solitude
- 2. Aimé Césaire: From poetic insurrection to humanist ethics
- 3. Frantz Fanon: Experiments in collective identity
- 4. Jean El-Mouhoub Amrouche: The universal intellectual?
- 5. Mouloud Feraoun: Postcolonial realism, or, the intellectual as witness
- 6. Kateb Yacine: Poetry and revolution
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781781380321
- Label
- Decolonising the intellectual : politics, culture, and humanism at the end of the French empire
- Title
- Decolonising the intellectual
- Title remainder
- politics, culture, and humanism at the end of the French empire
- Statement of responsibility
- Jane Hiddleston
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Francophone intellectuals writing in the lead-up to decolonisation were faced with an impossible dilemma. How could they redefine their culture, and the 'humanity' they felt had been denied by the colonial project, in terms that did not replicate the French thinking by which they were formed? Figures such as Senghor, Césaire, Fanon, Amrouche, Feraoun and Kateb were all educated, indeed immersed in French culture and language, yet they intervened forcefully in political debates surrounding decolonisation and sought to contribute to the reinvention of local cultures in a gesture of resistance to the ongoing French presence. Despite their pivotal role during this period of upheaval, then, their project was fraught with tensions that form the focus of this study. In particular, these writers reflected on the relation between universality and particularity in intellectual work, and struggled to avoid the traps associated with an over-investment in either domain. They also all learned from metropolitan French humanist thought but strove to continually reinvent that humanism so as to account for colonised experience and culture. Finally, their work addressed the ongoing question of the relation between literature or culture and politics, and it testifies now to a moment of intense dialogue, and potential conflict, between contrasting but complementary spheres of activity. -- Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hiddleston, Jane
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Contemporary French and francophone cultures
- Series volume
- 33
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Humanism
- France
- French-speaking countries
- Decolonization
- Label
- Decolonising the intellectual : politics, culture, and humanism at the end of the French empire, Jane Hiddleston
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-273) and index
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Léopold Sédar Senghor: Politician and poet between hybridity and solitude -- 2. Aimé Césaire: From poetic insurrection to humanist ethics -- 3. Frantz Fanon: Experiments in collective identity -- 4. Jean El-Mouhoub Amrouche: The universal intellectual? -- 5. Mouloud Feraoun: Postcolonial realism, or, the intellectual as witness -- 6. Kateb Yacine: Poetry and revolution -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn870426398
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 280 p.
- Isbn
- 9781781380321
- Label
- Decolonising the intellectual : politics, culture, and humanism at the end of the French empire, Jane Hiddleston
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-273) and index
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Léopold Sédar Senghor: Politician and poet between hybridity and solitude -- 2. Aimé Césaire: From poetic insurrection to humanist ethics -- 3. Frantz Fanon: Experiments in collective identity -- 4. Jean El-Mouhoub Amrouche: The universal intellectual? -- 5. Mouloud Feraoun: Postcolonial realism, or, the intellectual as witness -- 6. Kateb Yacine: Poetry and revolution -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn870426398
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 280 p.
- Isbn
- 9781781380321
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