Panmobilism and optimism in teilhardian humanism

IV. ARTICLES OF REVIEWS AND COMMUNICATIONS

OF COLLOQUIUM ACTS

OMBGA, R.L.,

« Identite culturelle, civilisation de l'universel et mondialisation », in Le siecle de Senghor, Actes du colloque international des 16 et 17 avril 2003 a Yaounde, Yaounde, Presses universitaires, 2003, pp. 43-52.

ONDOUA OLINGA P.,

« Le socialisme-negritude de L.S. Senghor, notes critiques #, in Annales de la Faculte des Lettres et sciences humaines, series sciences humaines, Vol. IV, no.I, Yaounde, janvier I988; pp. 3-36.

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Francophones de Yaounde du I3 au I6 novembre 2007, unpublished work I5 pages.

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"Globalization or westernisation? Ethical concerns in the whole bio-business", paper prepared for the Fourth world congress of bioethics, Tokyo, 4-7 November, I998, in Bioethics, vol.I3, no.3, july I999, pp.2I8- 226.

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VOUNDA ETOA, M. (ed.), international des 16 et 17 avril 2003 a Yaounde, Yaounde, Presses universitaires, 2003, 200 pages.

V. DISSERTATIONS

MBESSA D.G.,		Teilhard de Chardin and Senghor on the Civilization of the Universal, a dissertation presented and defended for the award of a Maitrise in philosophy under the direction of Godfrey B. TANGWA, University of Yaoundé I, 2006-2007.
MBESSE, A.S.,	Fukuyama et le probléme de la démocratie néolibérale dans La fin de l'histoire et le dernier homme. Mémoire redigé en vue de l'obtention de la maitrise en philosophie sous la direction du Docteur Pierre-Paul Okah-Atenga, Chargé de cours, Université de Yaoundé I, année académique I998-I999.

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African traditional values 143, 158, 207

ANAXIMANDER 16, 190

AQUINAS, T. 29, 36

ARISTOTLE 59, 78, 109, 190

BERGSON, H. 12

Biodiversity.. 166

BioethicsXX 182

BiosphereX.. 38, 61, 121

Black manX. 153

CARROUE, L. 100, 180, 191

Centre of all civilizations 14, 18

CESAIRE, A. 155, 180, 191

ChangeX......15, 16, 17, 18, 44, 50, 54, 55, 69, 85, 111, 120, 122, 155, 157, 173, 175, 203

CHAPELLE, P. 97, 180, 191

Christo genesis 38, 60, 63, 64, 66, 78, 83, 204

CHRYSIPPUS 25, 191

CICERO, M.T. 25, 180, 191

Civilization v, 8, 27, 32, 48, 50, 73, 81, 82, 86, 90, 99, 106, 108, 130, 149, 150,

151, 152, 157, 158, 160, 161, 163, 164, 172, 174, 175, 207 CLEANTHES 25, 191

Colonialism. 152

Coming together of civilizations 12

Coming up together 14, 143

Commonwealth 25, 180

Community 8, 9, 24, 25, 26, 27, 88, 89, 102, 109, 113, 115, 129, 133,

140, 145, 147, 149, 158, 159, 169, 171

Complexification 32, 33, 38, 40, 43, 61, 83, 122, 124, 126

Complexity 14, 32, 33, 38, 40, 41, 42, 45, 52, 54, 62, 63, 77, 80, 83,

121, 126, 173, 206

ConflictsXX$ v, 8, 67, 68, 86, 87, 89, 99, 111, 118, 125, 130, 142, 172

Consciousness 30, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 52, 53,

54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 68, 71, 75, 80, 81, 83, 93, 94, 99, 121,

122, 125, 126, 127, 128, 131, 158, 162, 206

Conver geXX v, 10, 28, 29, 33, 34, 60, 77, 78, 125, 151, 163, 172

Convergence v, vi, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 58,

61, 62, 65, 67, 69, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 89, 90, 117, 118, 123, 129, 143, 144, 158, 161, 162, 163, 167, 168, 169, 172, 173, 174, 204, 207

Conver gent$$ vi, 16, 33, 54, 78, 93, 173

Converging force 8, 79

Conviviality 11, 27, 99, 116, 130, 161, 176

COPERNICUS 49, 191

Cosmo genesis 38, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 78, 83, 204

Cosmopolitan 27, 181

Cosmopolitism 24, 26, 27

CrisisXXXX 8, 99, 102, 108, 110, 111, 205

CUENOT, C$ 15, 57, 60, 61, 75, 77, 78, 79, 118, 178, 191

Cultural convergence 31

Cultural differentiation 31

Cultures v, vi, 10, 11, 14, 18, 31, 32, 51, 67, 74, 75, 82, 93, 109, 116, 130,

144, 150, 151, 152, 154, 156, 158, 159, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 171, 172, 173, 174

DARWINX.. 41

Depersonalisation 9, 154, 156, 166

DESCARTES, R. 56, 127, 137

DespairXXX 53, 86, 89, 95, 98, 121, 125, 168

DestructionX v, vi, 8, 9, 10, 11, 58, 71, 87, 93, 94, 95, 96, 172, 205
DifferencesXXXXX.10, 11, 27, 45, 67, 69, 72, 73, 111, 115, 116, 130, 137, 163, 171, 174, 175

DIOP, C.A. 134, 149, 180, 191

DissensionX. 88

DivergenceX 10, 86, 89, 130

DiversityXX. v, 8, 9, 10, 22, 69, 72, 73, 75, 92, 109, 116, 130, 139, 164, 174

Domination 9, 10, 116, 159, 164, 165

EarthXXXX 28, 79, 96, 98, 122, 125, 131, 134, 162, 171, 177
EvolutionXXXX..v, 10, 12, 37, 52, 54, 55, 63, 65, 66, 92, 99, 117, 119, 121,

122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 177, 204, 206

FANON, FXXX 154, 155, 157, 180, 191

FutureXXX.v, 10, 11, 14, 45, 53, 54, 55, 56, 62, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77, 81, 83, 85, 86, 92, 93, 95, 98, 120, 122, 126, 128, 129, 131, 133, 142, 145, 168, 169, 170, 172

Geosphere.. 38

Globalisation 9, 92, 100, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 116, 118, 164, 182, 205

GOBINEAU, A. De 74

GRENET, P.B. 14, 173, 178, 191

GRIMALDI, M. 97, 180, 191

HEGEL, G.W.F. 163, 191

HEIDEGGER, M. 74, 163, 191

Heracliteanism 17

HERACLITUS v, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 68, 69, 85, 87, 129, 172, 203

HESIODXXXX. HOMERXXXX Hominisation HopeXXXX. HOTTOIS, G. Human races Human relationships Human value HumanismX HumanityX.. Humankind.. HUME, DX. HUNTINGTON, S.P. HUSSERL,EX. HUXLEY, J. IdentityXXX Inferiority complex InternetXXX JANSSENSXX.. KANT, IXXXX KAUNDA, K. KOPP, JXXXXX. LEVY-BRUHL, L. LiberalismXXX.. LIBERMAN, J. Life LINSCOTT, M. Lo gosXXXXXX.

18,

48,

16, 16, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 57, 59, 80, 128, 110, 181, v, 9, 10, 11, v, 34, 48, 63, 118, 124, 74, 67, 68, 181, 30, 11, 31, 32, 33, 77, 80, 81, 99, v, vi, 92, 94, 101, 118, 129, 131, 26, 27, 112, 113, 181, 152, 157, 159, 179, 163, 104, 106, 107, 181, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 54, 61, 77, 179, v, vi, 9, 17, 18,

192 192 168 53 192 72 76 109 171 125 131 192 192 192 192 74 154 206 117 192 192 192 192 102 192 179 192 129

Love.................. 52, 79, 130, 148

LUBAC, H. De 36, 117

LUTHULI, A. 155, 156, 192

Man..............11, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 65, 66, 69, 70, 74, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 90, 93, 99, 103, 107, 109, 112, 123, 124, 125, 127, 139, 140, 141, 144,

162, 168, 174, 175, 177, 178, 207
Mankind..........v, 8, 14, 24, 25, 26, 31, 33, 63, 70, 71, 75, 78,		80,	85, 86, 87,		90,
91, 92, 98, 99, 103, 107, 116,	157, 158, 172
MBI, J.T.............. 135,	136, 137, 138, 139,	140,	141,	181,	192
MONO NDJANA, H.					175
Morality..............	27, 70, 73,	110,	131,	165,	204
MOUNIER, E.				113,	192
Movement...........v, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, 52, 55, 81, 85, 86, 90, 99, 120, 122, 153, 158, 172, 174		61,	63, 65, 67,		69,
Ne gritude...... 144,	146, 150, 153, 158,	160,	174,	180,	181
Ne gro............74, 135, 142, 143, 144, 146,	147, 153, 154, 155,	157,	159,	206,	207
Ne gro-african				135,	206
Neoliberal ideology		v, 9,	101,	104,	116
NIETZSCHE, F.				55,	193
NJOH-MOUELLE, E.		154,	156,	181,	193
Noo genesis....... 10, 38, 50, 54, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 83,			122,	131,	204
Noosphere....... 38, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 58,	60, 61, 80, 83, 121,	122,	128,	129,	131
Noospherical effect				129,	206
Omega point 11, 18, 27,	69, 77, 82, 83, 121,	129,	130,	143,	151
OMGBA, R. L.				81,	193
ONDOUA, P.	iv, 115, 160,			182,	193

OneXXXX..12, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 57, 58, 72, 93, 96, 109, 129, 134, 155, 172, 203

OptimismXX v, 9, 10, 11, 170

Panhuman convergence 173, 208

Panmobilism v, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 26, 27, 57, 68, 69, 86, 89, 172, 208

PARMENIDES v, 9, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 85, 180, 181, 182, 203

PASSET, R. ..104, 106, 107, 181, 193

PeoplesXXX. 18, 72

Phenomenology 29, 30, 35, 203, 204

PLATOXX.. 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 180, 182, 203

PollutionXXX. 96, 97, 205

PYTHAGORAS 16

Radial energy 41, 42, 44

RAVEN, CX. 93, 179, 193

ROUSSEAU, J.J. 8

SENGHOR, L.S. .8, 11, 12, 81, 116, 135, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153, 157, 158, 159, 160, 166, 174, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 193, 207

SMITH, WXXX 15, 179, 193

SOCRATES 19, 20, 193

SPEAIGHT, R. 53, 54, 179, 193

Split personality 152

SUESS, EX 49, 193

TANGWA, G.B. i, iv, 164, 165, 166, 182, 183, 193

Teilhardian humanism v, 10, 27, 143, 161, 169, 171, 172, 176

TEMPELS, P. 135, 193

TerrorismX.. 8

Totalisation vi, 33, 52, 71, 72, 76, 78, 79, 118, 131, 162, 174

TotalityXXX v, 14, 27, 28, 33, 72, 142, 148, 172

TOWERS, B 36, 42, 60, 179, 193

UnionXXX 12, 15, 18, 31, 37, 41, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 67, 70, 75, 79, 86, 88, 90,

92, 93, 124, 126, 130, 142, 143, 148, 174, 205

UniteXXXX 14, 15, 59, 67, 71, 76, 88, 90, 91, 126, 167

Unity v, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 22, 29, 32, 45, 51, 52, 57, 63, 67, 69, 71,

72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 88, 92, 99, 116, 118, 123, 128, 131, 142, 144, 146, 148, 154, 174, 203, 204, 206

Unity in diversity 72, 204

ValuesXXX 151

ViolenceXX 8, 68, 85, 86, 95, 107, 149, 169

WarsXXXX v, 86, 87, 88, 99

Western world 9, 92, 164, 165, 166

WesternerX 135, 136, 138

Westernisation 92, 164, 165, 166

WILDIERS, N M 30, 31, 43, 65, 66, 179, 194

World v, 9, 40, 62, 67, 68, 86, 87, 99, 101, 102, 104, 117, 119, 120, 138,

142, 144, 181, 207 XENOPHANES 16, 194

ZENOXXXXX 19, 25, 194

APPENDIX I
THE CONVERGENCE TOWARDS THE OMEGA POINT

-Phyletic step Hominisation of the specie

APPENDIX II

THE PHENOMENON OF MAN

Growing complexity

noosphere Mega-synthesis

Human planetisation

Convergence towards Omega

mammals

Animals with skeleton

Bio-molecules

Mega-molecules

Discovery of evolution

-time and space -duration

Force of union: Love-energy

Metazoans

Molecules

Sexual reproduction

Simple bodies

photosynthesis

Micro-organisms

Homo sapiens

Step of reflexion= hominisation

Pre-hominines

Alternative of failure: Fall into dispersion

Organised multiple -particules-energy

Protozoans Virus

C O N S C I E N C E

EVOLUTION

PRE-LIFE LIFE CONSCIOUSNESS

SURVIVAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DedicationXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.X...XXXX.. iii

Acknowledgement.XXXXXXX..XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXXXXXXXXXXXX..iv AbstractX.XXXXXXXXXXXXXX...XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX..v RésuméX.XXXXX..XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXX.....................................vi OutlineXXXXXXX...XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXvii

GENERAL INTRODUCTION 8

0.I. Aim of studyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX..XXXX 8

0.2. Method of studyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...X...XXXXXXXXXXXXXX9
0.3. ClarificationsXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...XXX...XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXII

PART ONE

PANMOBILISM IN TEILHARDIAN HUMANISM 13

INTRODUCTION 14

CHAPTER ONE PANMOBILISM AND THE QUESTION OF UNITY IN PLURALITY 15

I.I. Heraclitus and the law of perpetual changeXXXXXXXXX..XXX..X I6

I.2. The problem of the One and the Many in Plato's Parmenides;;;;;;..XXXXX I9

I.3. Cosmopolitism and the question of unity in pluralityXXXXXXX...XX 24

CHAPTER TWO

PANMOBILISM IN TEILHARDIAN METAPHYSICS 28

2.I. The Teilhardian methodolo gyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX....XXXXXXXXXX..X.29 2.I.I. A Phenomenology of the UniverseXXXXXXXXXXXX....XX 29 2.I.2. Convergence and ComplexificationXXXXXXXXXXX...XXXX.......................3I 2.I.3. The Within of ThingsXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...XXX.XXXXXXXXXX..34 2.I.4. Beyond Phenomenolo gyXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XX..XXXXXXXXXXXX 35

2.2. From Alpha to Omega: The Evolution of Consciousness 37

2.2.I. The Cosmic: The time before life 38

2.2.2 The Biotic: The beginning of life 42

2.2.3. The Noetic: the beginning of thou ght...................................................................46 2.2.4. The Christic: the fulfillment of all.........................................................................53 2.2.4.I. Omega: the unity of the multiple......................................................................57 2.2.4.2. Cosmo genesis and Noo genesis..........................................................................60

2.3. The Christo genesis......................................................................................................63 2.3.I. Cosmo genesis and Christo genesis..........................................................................64 2.3.2. Christo genesis and the Parousia.............................................................................66

CHAPTER THREE

THE PANHUMAN CONVERGENCE 69

3.I. For a racial morality....................................................................................................70 3.I.I. Unity in unanimity.................................................................................................7I 3.I.2. Unity in diversity....................................................................................................72 3.I.3. Unity and not identity...........................................................................................74

3.2. The point of universal convergence...........................................................................77 3.3. The Psychosocial evolution and the hyperpersonal organisation .............................80