Event overview
Matthieu Renault (Universit茅 Toulouse 鈥� Jean Jaur猫s, France) speaks on 'Rewriting the 鈥淒ecline of the West鈥� in the Black Atlantic' as part of the CPCT research seminar 23/24.
This seminar is part of the 23/24 CPCT research seminar series on 鈥榃hat is Global Critical Theory? Pt.3鈥�. See for further info and the zoom registration link:
About the talk
What happens, from both theoretical and political viewpoints, when intra-Western notions and laments on the 鈥渄ecline of the West鈥� 鈥� pessimistic, conservative, and sometimes openly fascist 鈥� are taken up, translated and transformed from a non-Western perspective 鈥� with emancipatory or even revolutionary aims? My talk will begin to explore this question by examining Caribbean and African-American rewritings of this theme as it found its inaugural formula in Oswald Spengler鈥檚 (in)famous The Decline of the West (1918-1922). After briefly tracing back the massive transatlantic circulations of Spengler鈥檚 philosophy in the interwar period, I will focus on the writings of key figures in twentieth-century black radical thought: W.E.B. Du Bois, C.L.R. James, Suzanne and Aim茅 C茅saire, George Schuyler, and Malcolm X.
About the speaker
Matthieu Renault is Professor in 鈥淐ritical history of philosophy鈥� at the Universit茅 Toulouse 鈥� Jean Jaur猫s (France), and a member of the Research Team on Philosophical Rationalities and Knowledge (ERRaPhiS). His research focuses on the relationships between philosophy and non-European societies, the (post)imperial history of knowledge and its minority rewritings (class-gender-race). He is the author of: Frantz Fanon. De l鈥檃nticolonialisme 脿 la critique postcoloniale (脡ditions Amsterdam, 2011) ; L鈥橝m茅rique de John Locke. L鈥檈xpansion coloniale de la philosophie europ茅enne (脡ditions Amsterdam, 2014) ; C.L.R. James. La vie r茅volutionnaire d鈥檜n 芦 Platon noir 禄 (La D茅couverte, 2016) ; L鈥檈mpire de la r茅volution. L茅nine et les musulmans de Russie (Syllepse, 2017) ; W.E.B. Du Bois. Double conscience et condition raciale, with Magali Bessone (脡ditions Amsterdam, 2021,) ; and, forthcoming, Ma卯tres et esclaves. Archives du Laboratoire d鈥檃nalyse des Mythologiques de la modernit茅 (Les Presses du r茅el, 2024) Kollonta茂. D茅faire la famille, refaire l鈥檃mour (La Fabrique, 2024), with Olga Bronnikova.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 17 Jan 2024 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
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