When Hélène Leloup departed Paris for Africa in 1952, she had no way of knowing that it was only the first of countless similar journeys she would eventually make. Still a student at the time–one ...
African philosopher, Achille Mbembe, has gained an enviable reputation as a scholar that challenges the tenets of modernity. Some aspects of modernity Mbembe is known to challenge are characterised by ...
A 16th century map by Pierre Desceliers. (De Agostini / Getty Images) There is a well-established tradition of scholarly writing that treats geographical areas of the world as natural, preformed ...
Die Zeit, the Frankfurter Allgemeine, the Süddeutsche Zeitung… The biggest German newspapers have all taken up the polemic: Is Achille Mbembe anti-Semitic? Since mid-April, the Cameroonian ...
On September 15, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is inviting participants to an online symposium about the Cameroon-born philosopher, Achille Mbembe, who teaches at Witwatersrand University in ...
German society is once again in an uproar over the Holocaust. This time, however, it has nothing to do with coming to terms with its past. Rather, the current controversy surrounds someone who is ...
Some aspects of modernity Mbembe is known to challenge are characterised by the move towards more capitalistic economies, an increase in social stratifications and the universalisation of Western ...
African philosopher, Achille Mbembe, has gained an enviable reputation as a scholar that challenges the tenets of modernity. Some aspects of modernity Mbembe is known to challenge are characterised by ...
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