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Léopold Sédar Senghor

From Politics to Poetry

by William Kluback (Author)
©1997 Others XII, 118 Pages

Summary

William Kluback has put together a book of imagined conversations based on the poetical and philosophical ideas of Léopold Sédar Senghor, president of Senegal (1960-1980). A poet and statesman, Senghor believes in the moral evolution of humanity and embodies a universalism rare in a world of nationalism and power politics.

Details

Pages
XII, 118
Year
1997
ISBN (Softcover)
9780820434889
Language
English
Keywords
humanity universalism nationalism power evolution
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Paris, Wien, 1997. XII, 118 pp.

Biographical notes

William Kluback (Author)

The Author: William Kluback is a writer. He was a former professor of philosophy at the City University of New York. His latest book is a study of the Romanian poet and essayist Benjamin Fondane. He has just completed his fifth volume of Valéry studies.

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