L’universalisme de Senghor

At the end of the 1950s, Senghor developed the concept of “Civilization of the Universal”, borrowed from Teilhard de Chardin, with a view to a “new humanism” freed from Western ethnocentrism, and enriched by the idea of Négritude. The aim is to retrace the genesis and analyze the challenges of this...

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Main Author: Dominique Combe
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Language:English
Published: Institut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM) 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/coma/12840
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spellingShingle Dominique Combe
L’universalisme de Senghor
Continents manuscrits
Africa
colonialism
Senghor (Léopold Sédar)
Negritude
civilization
universal
title L’universalisme de Senghor
title_full L’universalisme de Senghor
title_fullStr L’universalisme de Senghor
title_full_unstemmed L’universalisme de Senghor
title_short L’universalisme de Senghor
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topic Africa
colonialism
Senghor (Léopold Sédar)
Negritude
civilization
universal
url https://journals.openedition.org/coma/12840
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