Universality after Universalism On Francophone Literatures of the Present

• Main Author: Messling, Markus
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2023
• Series: Beyond Universalism / Partager l’universel
• Subjects: Biography, Literature and Literary studies; contemporary literature; DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature; Francophonie; Frankophonie; Gegenwartsliteratur; History; History and Archaeology; History: specific events and topics; Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000; Literary studies: general; Literature and Literary studies::D Biography; Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism; Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000; Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000::DSBH5 Literary studies: postcolonial literature; Literature: history and criticism; National liberation and independence; thema EDItEUR; thema EDItEUR::D Biography; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTR National liberation and independence; universalism; Universalismus; universality; Universalität
• DOI: 10.1515/9783111128306
• ISBN: 9783111129617; 3111125556; 9783111128306; 9783111125558; 311112830X; 3111129616

The idea of universalism inherited from the French Revolution has been strongly discredited by its colonial history; today, it is also the target of nationalist attacks. What remains of it? Now available in English, Markus Messling's critically acclaimed study shows how contemporary Francophone literatures seek, after European universalism, approaches to a new universality, without which knowledge and justice cannot be organised in world society. With a foreword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne ; The idea of universalism inherited from the French Revolution has been strongly discredited by its colonial history; today, it is also the target of nationalist attacks. What remains of it? Now available in English, Markus Messling's critically acclaimed study shows how contemporary Francophone literatures seek, after European universalism, approaches to a new universality, without which knowledge and justice cannot be organised in world society. With a foreword by Souleymane Bachir Diagne