Christophe Premat

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[Christophe Premat @prematc]

Christophe Premat, L’autonomie improbable. Fragilité et contingence d’une invention humaine https://t.co/IXQyuNMUWA via @fabula

[Charles Enderlin @Charles1045]

Ce boycott sent très très mauvais.. glissement inadmissible..

[Agyeya @samvatsarah]

Many thanks for your kind and detailed response 🙏 I will confess that 1. I don't possess even the smallest fraction of knowledge and probably critical thinking ability of scholars like Mudimbe, and 2. That my own thoughts are heavily colored by my prejudice. Probably because I belong to a people who have been colonised for the last 1200 years in some or the other form, I cannot help but look at struggles to reclaim autonomy among the broken people, be it the Black Africans, Native Americans or my own people. If you are familiar with Indian modern history, you might have heard about the reform movement in Hinduism. Prominent figures of this movement were Raja RamMohun Roy, Swami Dayanand Saraswati and many others. While celebrated and respected, one cannot help but recognise now that their movement was not really 'reforming' Hinduism. Rather it was 're-forming' Hinduism on the framework of Protestantism to make it palatable to our colonial masters. No doubt that these reformers were courageous and original thinkers, driven by the right emotion. Yet, they were not courageous enough to discard the framework of western civilization which proclaimed anything outside it's sensibilities as barbaric abomination

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

@samvatsarah The absence of a full “return” to indigenous religions among many African intellectuals might reflect internalised prejudice, as you suggest—but it could also reflect a deliberate choice to work with, through, or against inherited legacies.

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

@samvatsarah can autonomy emerge after the loss of ancestral languages, Gods, and cosmologies? According to Mudimbe, this very loss is what African philosophy must confront, not evade. Reclaiming doesn’t mean reverting. It can also mean reinterpreting, even subverting the imposed categories.

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

@samvatsarah Mudimbe was shaped by Catholic education and spent time in a monastery, but this is part of the paradox he explores: how to decolonise knowledge when the tools and institutions available are themselves products of colonial histories.

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

@samvatsarah Thank you for your thoughtful message. Your concerns are legitimate and echo some of the core tensions that thinkers like Mudimbe have grappled with. His work is precisely about how Africa has been represented—often through a Western epistemological grid.

[Agyeya @samvatsarah]

Dear M @prematc. I read your article on VY Mudimbe with interest. I will confess that I know little about him or the impact he has had on African studies. Yet, have a niggling doubt about the sincerity of M Mudimbe and others who ostensibly desire to study African through its own lens. I couldn't help but notice that Mudimbe studied in a religious institution and apparently joined a monastery as well. I hope it will not offend you that Christianity, other than pockets like Egypt, Ethiopia and parts of Northern Africa is a colonial imposition, at least certainly in countries like DRC. Do you really think that a people who have lost their Gods, memory of their ancestors, their language, their own definition of education and culture, can ever be autonomous? Why do you think that the so-called search for roots among many African thinkers never extend to reclaiming their ancestors and way of worship? Or is it that they have internalised the calumny of African religions being false, their way of living indolent and sinful? Would much appreciate your thoughts on the above

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[Christophe Premat @prematc]

”Att mötet inte spårade ur ses som en framgång” - Studio Ett https://t.co/qSwrSBMV9O Centrumet för Kanadastudier är i fokus @CanadaSweden

[Paul Cébille @Ellibec]

🤔 Faut-il vraiment forcer les communes de moins de 1 000 habitants à fusionner ?

Pourquoi ne pas les interroger avant en organisant un référendum ?

Sur 14 petites communes ayant déjà voté directement sur une éventuelle fusion avec une voisine, 10 ont donné leur feu vert ✅

Les quelques refus s'expliquent principalement par un déséquilibre flagrant entre les communes concernées : certaines sont jusqu’à 4 à 10 fois moins peuplées que leurs partenaires potentielles.

La peur d'un déséquilibre dans les relations futures, notamment dans l'accès aux services, expliquent ces votes "Non".

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

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[Christophe Premat @prematc]

Excellent article from Hedi Bel Habib on the consequences of bad economical choices, https://t.co/rpIrrBAu0f

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

@SvDledare @neo_andreas @SvD Tack för inbjudan @Romklass_SU @Stockholms_univ

[SvD Ledare @SvDledare]

Marine Le Pen får fängelse för missbruk av EU-medel. Hon förbjuds från att kandidera i presidentvalet om två år. Vad innebär det för fransk politik? @neo_andreas diskuterar med @prematc, docent vid SU, och Tomas Lindbom, skribent och författare. @SvD https://t.co/7IyhZzzrpq

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

⁦@Romklass_SU⁩ ⁦@Stockholms_univ⁩ analys av situationen i Niger där regeringen tar avstånd med Francophonie organisationen https://t.co/O0oGDNFiZH

[Romanska & klassiska @Romklass_SU]

🌍 #MarkCarney & #Kanadas framtid – ny premiärminister, handelskonflikter med USA & geopolitisk osäkerhet. Kommer han klara utmaningarna?
@prematc @Stockholms_univ diskuterade ämnet i @sverigesradioP1 Studio Ett.
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#Geopolitik

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

Statsvetaren: ”Betonar att det är ett hot mot hela Europa” • Uppgifter: Närmar sig fredsplan. ⁦@Romklass_SU⁩ https://t.co/PZ7zZnSkTB

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

Jag deltog i P1 programmet gällande Trudeaus avgång igår, https://t.co/bel8XeBhuD @Stockholms_univ @Romklass_SU @CanadaSuede

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

Intressant att lyssna på Trudeaus presskonferens där han säger att han avgår. Han pratar på engelska och på franska, så bra att lyssna på båda språk. @Stockholms_univ @Romklass_SU

[Christophe Premat @prematc]

Dags att prata om pensionssystemet i Frankrike på @sverigesradioP1 @Stockholms_univ @Romklass_SU kl. 10.30