Donderdag 06 November 2025

In this lecture Grâce Ndjako will explore the impact of African anti-colonial critique. As Martinican philosopher Franz Fanon concludes ‘Les Damnés de la Terre' by arguing for a ‘Pensée neuve' and ‘faire peau neuve,’ urging colonised people to think anew. In contemporary philosophy René Descartes’ radical doubt is often regarded as the starting point of modern Western Philosophy, and this radical doubt is then presented as being universal. Ndjako in turn questions the degree to which this radical doubt is actually being upheld as a universal principle.

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