Mongo Beti and the Responsibility of the African Intellectual
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9250640 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ambroise Kom (corresponding author) |
| Translators | R H Mitsch |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 42-56 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ral.2003.34.4.42 |
| OpenAlex | W2078273796 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Someday, the history of the African intellectual must be written. The confusion created by this term in numerous debates on the continent is such that it will not be simple for those who would like to launch this project to easily untangle the web. Management leaders, executives, and university graduates of all kinds claim to be intellectuals, undoubtedly because of the prestige the word carries. As Michel Winock has shown in Le siècle des intellectuels, the term intellectual made its fortune in France starting with the Dreyfus Affair and the Emile Zola trial: "Les deux maîtres mots du combat intellectual au coeur de l'Affaire sont lâchés: justice et vérité. Les antidreyfusards leur opposent, à l'instar de Barrès, préservation sociale, défense de la nation, raison supérieure de l'Etat. Valeurs universalistes contre valeurs particularistes" 'The two key words of the intellectual combat at the heart of the Affair [were] unleashed: justice and truth. The Antidreyfus camp counter[ed], following the example of Barrès, with social preservation, defense of the nation, the State's superior reason' (30-31)
Confusion · Economic Justice · Humanities · Political science · Prestige · Sociology · State (computer science · African cultural and philosophical studies · African history and culture studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2012 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |