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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
Inspired by Jane Gordon's book, Creolizing Political Theory: Reading Rousseau through Fanon, this article examines the paradoxes of Creolization within the French context. How do post-colonial French identities of Maghrebi, Sub-Saharan African or Caribbean descent Creolize French society? Instead of being an opportunity that must be seized by the Nation, why is creolization perceived as an imminent threat to the Republic? How can one think of Creolizing politics in the former colonial power? How does Creolization compel us to rethink how we live together? And how does it require us to rethink freedom and equality for all? These are the questions at the heart of this article.
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Comments
This article was originally published in Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy/Revue de la philosophie française et de langue française, available at https://doi.org/10.5195/jffp.2017.823
This work is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).