{"product_id":"african-art-as-philosophy-senghor-bergson-and-the-idea-of-negritude-9781635423211","title":"African Art as Philosophy: Senghor, Bergson, and the Idea of Negritude","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis critically acclaimed study offers a distinct, incisive look at how Senegalese philosopher Senghor sees in African art the most acute expression of Bergson's philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLéopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) was a Senegalese poet and philosopher who in 1960 also became the first president of the Republic of Senegal. In \u003ci\u003eAfrican Art as Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, Souleymane Bachir Diagne uses a unique approach to reading Senghor's influential works, taking as the starting point for his analysis Henri Bergson's idea that in order to understand philosophers, one must find the initial intuition from which every aspect of their work develops. In the case of Senghor, Diagne argues that his primordial intuition is that African art is a philosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo further this point, Diagne looks at what Senghor called the \"1889 Revolution\" (the year Bergson's \u003ci\u003eTime and Free Will\u003c\/i\u003e was published), as well as the influential writers and publications of that period--specifically, Nietzsche and Rimbaud. The 1889 Revolution, Senghor claims, is what led him to the understanding of the \"Vitalism\" at the core of African religions and beliefs that found expression in the arts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSouleymane Bachir Diagne \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Philosophy and Francophone Studies and Director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Ink of the Scholars: Reflections on Philosophy in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOpen to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Conversation with the Western Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Bergson\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChike Jeffers \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWhat is Race? Four Philosophical Views\u003c\/i\u003e and translator of Aimé Césaire's \u003ci\u003eLetter to Maurice Thorez\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Other Press (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50653992288530,"sku":"9781635423211","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dda3cc4c-0da4-44ef-a61b-71befcfb2644.jpg?v=1733369503","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/african-art-as-philosophy-senghor-bergson-and-the-idea-of-negritude-9781635423211","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}