An Ethos of Transdisciplinarity

Conversations with Toyin Falola

By (author) Sanya Osha

Publication date:

01 April 2025

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781839993206

Toyin Falola’s astounding intellectual production must be one of the mysteries in the intellectual world. It has transcended the confined world of historical research into broader horizons that include the role of the public intellectual. The present study would undertake a rigorous analysis of the origins, continuities and discontinuities of this transformation. This means we have to recast the debates regarding who is a public intellectual from a multiplicity of discursive situations and historical and cultural contexts. We have to employ methodological parallels from North Atlantic intellectual traditions. How did the role of the public intellectual emerge in the first place in world intellectual history? Addressing this question would enrich this research endeavour immensely.
In interrogating comparative discursive formations, we shall re-evaluate the roles, functions and achievements of continental intellectuals such as Betrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Andre Malraux, Albert Camus, Michel Foucault, Edward Said, Wole Soyinka and Pierre Bourdieu. Again, this discursive element will give this study a global appeal and range.

Part 1: A Long Introduction Divided into Several Segments; Introduction; The Yoruba: Falola’s Tactile Ethnic Home; Toyin Falola; Public Engagement and an Exercise ; in Pan-Africanism; Scholarship of Transdisciplinarity and Interculturality; The Significance of Orisa; Unfinished Business; Bibliography; Part 2: An interview section; Index

“An Ethos of Transdisciplinarity: Conversations with Toyin Falola is an extraordinary exploration of the profound impact of transdisciplinary thinking in reshaping the boundaries of knowledge. Through engaging and reflective conversations, this book delves into the intellectual legacy of Toyin Falola, a scholar whose work transcends traditional academic silos. It is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the power of integrative scholarship in addressing complex global challenges. Insightful and inspiring, it highlights the transformative potential of bridging disciplines to create meaningful change in academia and beyond.” —Daphne M. Cooper, Interim Chairperson, Department of History and Political Science; Associate Professor of Political Science, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA.