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| - | '''Souleymane Bachir Diagne''' is a [[Senegalese]] [[philosopher]], born in 1955 in [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint-Louis]], Senegal. His work is focused on the history of [[logic]] and [[mathematics]], [[epistemology]], the tradition of philosophy in the [[Islamic world]], [[identity formation]], and [[African literature]]s and [[African philosophy|philosophies]]. | + | '''Muhammad Iqbal''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد اِقبال}}}}) (November 9, 1877 – April 21, 1938), widely known as '''Allama Iqbal''', was a poet, philosopher and politician, as well as an academic, barrister and scholar in [[British Raj|British India]] who is widely regarded as having inspired the [[Pakistan Movement]]. He is called the "Spiritual Father of [[Pakistan]]." |
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| - | After passing his [[baccalauréat]] in Senegal, Diagne was admitted to the demanding public [[secondary school]] [[Lycée Louis-le-Grand]] in Paris, following in the footsteps, almost a half-century later, of his compatriot and the first president of Senegal, [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]]. There he prepared for the entrance exams to the [[École Normale Supérieure]], meanwhile receiving his ''license'' and ''maîtrise'' level degrees in philosophy at the [[Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne]]. At the École Normale Supérieure he studied with [[Althusser]] and [[Derrida]]. After receiving his agrégation in Philosophy (1978), Diagne spent a year at [[Harvard University]] in an exchange program. In 1982 he defended a doctoral thesis in mathematics at Université Paris I, where, in 1988, he also completed his doctorat d’Etat, under the direction of [[Jean-Toussaint Desanti]], on [[George Boole]]’s algebra of logic. | + | |
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| - | In 1982 Diagne returned to his native country to teach philosophy at [[Cheikh Anta Diop University]] in [[Dakar]], where he became vice-dean of the College of Humanities. The former president of the Republic of Senegal, [[Abdou Diouf]], named him Counselor for Education and Culture, a position which he held from 1993 to 1999. | + | |
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| - | Diagne is co-director of ''Éthiopiques'', a Senegalese journal of [[literature]] and philosophy and a member of the editorial committees of numerous [[academic journal|scholarly journals]], including the ''Revue d’histoire des mathématiques'', ''[[Présence africaine]]'', and ''[[Public Culture]]''. He is a member of the scientific committees of ''[[Diogenes (journal)|Diogenes]]'' (published by [[UNESCO]]’s International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies), [[CODESRIA]] (''Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique''), and of the [[Africa|African]] and [[Madagascar|Malagasy]] Committee for Higher Education (CAMES), as well as UNESCO’s Council on the Future. He has been named by ''[[Le Nouvel observateur]]'' one of the 50 thinkers of our time. In October 2007 he was invited to participate in a white paper commission on the defense and national security in the French Senate in Paris. | + | |
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| - | His main publications include two books on George Boole, a book on the Pakistani poet-philosopher ''[[Muhammad Iqbal]]'', ''Islam et société ouverte. La fidélité et le mouvement dans la pensée de Muhammad Iqbal'' (2001) and an examination of Senghor’s philosophy, ''Léopold Sédar Senghor. L’Art africain comme philosophie'' (2007). He is currently working on a book on [[Islam]] and philosophy: ''Comment philosopher en Islam''. | + | |
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| - | Having taught for several years in the departments of Philosophy and Religion at [[Northwestern University]] (2002 to 2007), Diagne is currently Professor of [[French language|French]], and Chair of the Department of French and Romance Philology with a secondary appointment in the Department of Philosophy, at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City|New York]]. | + | |
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| - | ==Selected books== | + | |
| - | * ''Léopold Sédar Senghor: l’art africain comme philosophi''e. Paris: Riveneuve Editions, 2007. | + | |
| - | * ''100 mots pour dire l’islam''. Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose, 2002. | + | |
| - | * ''Islam et société ouverte, la fidélité et le mouvement dans la pensée de Muhammad Iqbal''. Paris : Maisonneuve & Larose, 2001. | + | |
| - | * ''Logique pour philosophes''. Dakar: Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Sénégal, 1991 . | + | |
| - | * ''Boole, l’oiseau de nuit en plein jour''. Paris: Belin, 1989. | + | |
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura]], a poem by Iqbal | ||
| + | * [[List of Pakistani poets]] | ||
| + | * [[List of Urdu language poets]] | ||
| + | * [[List of Muslim philosophers]] | ||
| + | * [[Iqbal Academy Pakistan]] | ||
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Muhammad Iqbal (Template:Lang-ur) (November 9, 1877 – April 21, 1938), widely known as Allama Iqbal, was a poet, philosopher and politician, as well as an academic, barrister and scholar in British India who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is called the "Spiritual Father of Pakistan."
See also
- Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura, a poem by Iqbal
- List of Pakistani poets
- List of Urdu language poets
- List of Muslim philosophers
- Iqbal Academy Pakistan
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