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Souleymane Bachir Diagne Quotes

b. 1955

Souleymane Bachir Diagne (born 8 December 1955) is a Senegalese philosopher, author and professor. He is internationally recognized for his work on African philosophy, Islamic philosophy, decolonization of knowledge, translation and the concept of a plural universal.

Random Souleymane Bachir Diagne quote

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"Our world is a plural world, a world which has no centre."

"Coloniality is the intellectual or epistemological side of colonialism."

"We must uphold the universal against the tribal thinking that fragments humanity."

Le Monde interview (2022)

"Passing from one language to another allows us to see that philosophical problems, said to be universal, are deeply linked to the languages in which they are expressed."

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Souleymane Bachir Diagne (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.