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Post-Colonialism and Leopold Sedar Senghor: An Analysis of a Controversial Thinker

Post-Kolonyalizm ve Leopold Sedar Senghor: Tartışmalı Bir Düşünür Üzerine Bir İnceleme

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19–31
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2022-10-11
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It is also stipulated in this article that although Post-Colonial and Cold War conditions limited Senghor’s scope of action, he still maintained his stance as one of the champions of anti-colonialism.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This article presents an analysis of the position of Léopold Sédar Senghor within the Postcolonial thought.
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Key Findings & Data:Senghor, an ex-president of Senegal, allows for a multidimensional analysis of Postcolonialism due to his embodiment of different identities such as poet, philosopher and politician.
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This article presents an analysis of the position of Léopold Sédar Senghor within the Postcolonial thought. Senghor, an ex-president of Senegal, allows for a multidimensional analysis of Postcolonialism due to his embodiment of different identities such as poet, philosopher and politician. By selecting as its referent Senghor’s intellectual and political identities, this work seeks to examine how these identities relate to one another. It concludes by noting that, although Senghor is best understood as a defiant philosopher given his poetic defense of the Negro-African subject, he exhibits a more pragmatic profile as a politician given his close relations with France. It is also stipulated in this article that although Post-Colonial and Cold War conditions limited Senghor’s scope of action, he still maintained his stance as one of the champions of anti-colonialism.

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Bu çalışmada, Post-Kolonyal düşünce dâhilinde Léopold Sédar Senghor’un konumu incelenmiştir.Şair, filozof ve siyasetçi gibi farklı özellikleri bünyesinde barından Senegal’in eski devlet başkanıSenghor, çok boyutlu bir Post-Kolonyalizm analizine imkân tanımaktadır. Bu bağlamda bu çalışma,Senghor’un entelektüel ve siyasetçi kimliklerini mercek altına alarak, bu iki kimlik arasındakiilişkinin mahiyetini sorgulamaktadır. Sonuç olarak, Senghor’un “Siyahi-Afrikalılık” savunusuetrafında felsefi ve poetik bir başkaldırı ortaya koyduğu; siyasetçi olarak ise Fransa ile geliştirdiğiyakın ilişkiler nedeniyle daha pragmatik bir profil arz ettiği saptanmaktadır. İlaveten, Post-Kolonyaldönem ve Soğuk Savaş şartları Senghor’un hareket alanını daraltmışsa da bu ismin sömürgekarşıtlığının bayraktarlarından biri olmayı sürdürdüğü sonucuna ulaşılmaktadır.

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ALIM, E. (2022). Post-Colonialism and Leopold Sedar Senghor: An Analysis of a Controversial Thinker. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 9 - Sayı: Toplum & Siyaset, 19–31. https://ajindex.com/articles/439685

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