Postcolonial Bergson / / Souleymane Bachir Diagne.

Henri Bergson has been the subject of keen interest within French philosophy ever since being championed by Gilles Deleuze and others. Yet his influence extends well beyond European philosophy, especially within Africa and South Asia. Postcolonial Bergson traces the influence of Bergson's thoug...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (144 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword: locating the postcolonial idea
  • Introduction
  • 1. Bergsonism in the thought of Léopold Sédar Senghor
  • 2. Senghor's African socialism
  • 3. Bergson, Iqbal, and the concept of Ijtihad
  • 4. Time and fatalism: Iqbal on Islamic fatalism
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index