Genuine intellectuals : academic and social responsibilities of universities in Africa / Bernard Nsokika Fonlon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fonlon, Bernard Nsokika, 1924-1986.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Sociological aspects--Africa.

Universities and colleges.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The genuine intellectual.

To every African freshman.

Place of Publication:

Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book, slim as it looks, took Bernard Nsokika Fonlon the best part of five laborious years to write 1965-9 inclusive. He writes: ""I was penning away as students in France were up in arms against the academic Establishment, and their fury almost toppled a powerful, prestigious, political giant like General de Gaulle. In America students, arms in hand, besieged and stormed the buildings of the University Administration, others blew up lecture halls in Canada - the student revolt, a very saeva indignatio, was in paroxysm. But in England (save in the London School of Economics where students

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; The Genuine Intellectual; Prolegomena; The Credo; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter One - The University: Birth and Growth; Chapter Two - Conservation and Reorganisation; Chapter Three - Nature of Studies; Chapter Four - The Scientific Method; Chapter Five - Approach to History and Literature; Chapter Six - Philosophy: A Categorical Imperative; Chapter Seven - The Genuine Intellectual; Chapter Eight - Dedication to the Common Weal; Chapter Nine - Tributes to Professor Dr. Bernard Fonlon; Books and Articles by Bernard Fonlon

Books and Articles on Fonlon Back Cover

Notes:

Previously published as: To every African freshman, 1969. The genuine intellectual, 1978.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613197887

9781283197885

128319788X

9789956715428

9956715425

9789956715541

9956715549

9789956615384

9956615382

OCLC:

830165986