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'''Alf Schwarz''' (born 22 May 1935 in [[Biberach an der Riss|Biberach a.d. Riss]] – [[Germany]]) is a Canadian [[sociologist]] noted for his research in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]. After studies at the [[Sorbonne]] (Paris) with [[Raymond Aron]], [[Pierre Bourdieu]], [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]], [[Roger Bastide]], [[Georges Balandier]] and research assignment at [[Cheikh Anta Diop University|Université de Dakar]] (Senegal), he began his academic career in 1963 with a faculty position at the Institut de recherches économiques et sociales of [[Université Lovanium]] (Kinshasa, RDC). He joined in 1966 [[Laval University|Université Laval]] (Quebec City) as professor of sociology. He founded at Laval University the first academic program in African studies in French speaking Canada. As one of the pioneers of African studies in Canada he was decidedly involved in the creation of the [http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/caas/ Canadian Association of African Studies] and edited for many years the [[Canadian Journal of African Studies]]/La Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines. He retired from Laval University in 1998.<ref>http://www.soc.ulaval.ca/?pid=1184%20target=</ref>
'''Alf Schwarz''' (born 22 May 1935 in [[Biberach an der Riss|Biberach a.d. Riss]] – [[Germany]]) is a Canadian [[sociologist]] noted for his research in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]<ref>GRIOO. [http://www.grioo.com/blogs/hbg/index.php/2006/04/22/952-une-selection-dauteurs-non-africains-et-non-francais-qui-ecrivent-ou-ont-ete-traduits-en-francais-sur-lafrique Une sélection d'auteurs non africains et non français qui écrivent (ou ont été traduits) en français sur l'Afrique]. 2006. Retrieved 24 june 2014.</ref>. After studies at the [[Sorbonne]] (Paris) with [[Raymond Aron]], [[Pierre Bourdieu]], [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]], [[Roger Bastide]], [[Georges Balandier]] and research assignment at [[Cheikh Anta Diop University|Université de Dakar]] (Senegal), he began his academic career in 1963 with a faculty position at the Institut de recherches économiques et sociales of [[Université Lovanium]] (Kinshasa, RDC). He joined in 1966 [[Laval University|Université Laval]] (Quebec City) as professor of sociology.<ref>BÉDARD, Mélanie. [http://www.soc.ulaval.ca/?pid=1223 LE DÉPARTEMENT DE SOCIOLOGIE DE L'UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL (1943-2006): SON ORIGINE ET SES ORIENTATIONS]. 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2014.</ref> He founded at Laval University the first academic program in African studies in French speaking Canada. As one of the pioneers of African studies in Canada he was decidedly involved in the creation of the [http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/caas/ Canadian Association of African Studies] and edited for many years the [[Canadian Journal of African Studies]]/La Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines. He retired from Laval University in 1998.<ref>http://www.soc.ulaval.ca/?pid=1184%20target=</ref>


== Honours ==
== Honours ==
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*1983, ''Les dupes de la modernisation, Editions Nouvelle Optique, Montréal, 298 p.''
*1983, ''Les dupes de la modernisation, Editions Nouvelle Optique, Montréal, 298 p.''
*1982, ''Le tiers-monde et sa modernité de seconde main, FJA, Natal, 354 p.''<ref>http://books.google.com.br/books/about/Le_Tiers_monde_et_sa_modernit%C3%A9_de_secon.html?id=Jr4YHAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y</ref>
*1982, ''Le tiers-monde et sa modernité de seconde main, FJA, Natal, 354 p.''<ref>http://books.google.com.br/books/about/Le_Tiers_monde_et_sa_modernit%C3%A9_de_secon.html?id=Jr4YHAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y</ref>
*1980, ''Le développement inégal au Zaïre: approche psycho-sociologique, in V.Y. Mudimbe (ed.), La dépendance de l'Afrique et les moyens d'y remédier, Berger-Levrault, Paris''<ref>MUDIMBE, V. Y. (Ed.). [http://books.google.ca/books?id=dHar_-DvEj4C&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=la+modernite+de+seconde+main+a+schwarz&source=bl&ots=JoD0QJjziW&sig=5SgbE2Fb6gouJFp3h98-m8_MvvY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ah6jU928CZHmsASy9IKYDQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=alf%20schwartz&f=false The Surreptitious Speech: Présence Africaine and the Politics of Otherness (1947-1987)]. Chicago: The University Of Chicago Press, 1992. 490 p. Retrieved 24 june 2014.</ref><ref>UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA. [http://www.univie.ac.at/handbuch-afrika/bib/bib-bauern-arbeiter.html BIBLIOGRAPHIE Bauern vs. Arbeiter - Zentralafrika]. Retrieved 24 june 2014.</ref><ref>AFRICABIB. [http://www.africabib.org/query_p.php?su=!294935630! Africana Periodical Literature bibliographic database]. Retrieved 24 june 2014.</ref>
*1980, ''Le développement inégal au Zaïre: approche psycho-sociologique, in V.Y. Mudimbe (ed.), La dépendance de l'Afrique et les moyens d'y remédier, Berger-Levrault, Paris''
*1979, ''Colonialistes, africanistes et Africains, Editions Nouvelle Optique, Montréal 120 p.''<ref>http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/tiers_0040-7356_1980_num_21_83_5734_t1_0691_0000_2</ref>
*1979, ''Colonialistes, africanistes et Africains, Editions Nouvelle Optique, Montréal 120 p.''<ref>http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/tiers_0040-7356_1980_num_21_83_5734_t1_0691_0000_2</ref>
*1979, ''Les faux prophètes de l'Afrique ou l´afr(eu)canisme, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Quebec, 244 p.''<ref>http://books.google.com.br/books/about/Les_Faux_proph%C3%A8tes_de_l_Afrique_ou_L_af.html?id=S1UJAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y</ref>
*1979, ''Les faux prophètes de l'Afrique ou l´afr(eu)canisme, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Quebec, 244 p.''<ref>http://books.google.com.br/books/about/Les_Faux_proph%C3%A8tes_de_l_Afrique_ou_L_af.html?id=S1UJAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y</ref>

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Alf Schwarz (born 22 May 1935 in Biberach a.d. Riss – Germany) is a Canadian sociologist noted for his research in Sub-Saharan Africa[1]. After studies at the Sorbonne (Paris) with Raymond Aron, Pierre Bourdieu, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roger Bastide, Georges Balandier and research assignment at Université de Dakar (Senegal), he began his academic career in 1963 with a faculty position at the Institut de recherches économiques et sociales of Université Lovanium (Kinshasa, RDC). He joined in 1966 Université Laval (Quebec City) as professor of sociology.[2] He founded at Laval University the first academic program in African studies in French speaking Canada. As one of the pioneers of African studies in Canada he was decidedly involved in the creation of the Canadian Association of African Studies and edited for many years the Canadian Journal of African Studies/La Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines. He retired from Laval University in 1998.[3]

Honours

Professor Schwarz has been awarded Doctor honoris causa by the Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN, Mossoró, Brazil), and received an honorary Fellowship of the Fundação José Augusto, Natal, Brazil.[citation needed]

Books

  • 1989, L'industrie de la sécheresse - le développement régional au Nordeste brésilien, CRAD, Université Laval, Québec, 385 p.[4]
  • 1989, Raison d'État / raison paysanne: essai sur le développement rural, Collection essais, Publications du Laboratoire de recherches sociologiques, Université Laval, 125 p.
  • 1986, Masse et individualité, in Jacques Zylberberg (ed.), La sociologie des masses, Klincksieck Méridiens, Paris
  • 1983, Les dupes de la modernisation, Editions Nouvelle Optique, Montréal, 298 p.
  • 1982, Le tiers-monde et sa modernité de seconde main, FJA, Natal, 354 p.[5]
  • 1980, Le développement inégal au Zaïre: approche psycho-sociologique, in V.Y. Mudimbe (ed.), La dépendance de l'Afrique et les moyens d'y remédier, Berger-Levrault, Paris[6][7][8]
  • 1979, Colonialistes, africanistes et Africains, Editions Nouvelle Optique, Montréal 120 p.[9]
  • 1979, Les faux prophètes de l'Afrique ou l´afr(eu)canisme, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Quebec, 244 p.[10]
  • 1975, Autopsie d'une aliénation: la jeunesse amérindienne du Nord canadien, in Elia Zureik et Robert M. Pike (eds.), Sozialization and Values in Canadien Society, Mc. Clelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1975, pp. 239-261

References

  1. ^ GRIOO. Une sélection d'auteurs non africains et non français qui écrivent (ou ont été traduits) en français sur l'Afrique. 2006. Retrieved 24 june 2014.
  2. ^ BÉDARD, Mélanie. LE DÉPARTEMENT DE SOCIOLOGIE DE L'UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL (1943-2006): SON ORIGINE ET SES ORIENTATIONS. 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. ^ http://www.soc.ulaval.ca/?pid=1184%20target=
  4. ^ http://experimental.worldcat.org/kindredworks/Kindred?sn=22509932
  5. ^ http://books.google.com.br/books/about/Le_Tiers_monde_et_sa_modernit%C3%A9_de_secon.html?id=Jr4YHAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
  6. ^ MUDIMBE, V. Y. (Ed.). The Surreptitious Speech: Présence Africaine and the Politics of Otherness (1947-1987). Chicago: The University Of Chicago Press, 1992. 490 p. Retrieved 24 june 2014.
  7. ^ UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA. BIBLIOGRAPHIE Bauern vs. Arbeiter - Zentralafrika. Retrieved 24 june 2014.
  8. ^ AFRICABIB. Africana Periodical Literature bibliographic database. Retrieved 24 june 2014.
  9. ^ http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/tiers_0040-7356_1980_num_21_83_5734_t1_0691_0000_2
  10. ^ http://books.google.com.br/books/about/Les_Faux_proph%C3%A8tes_de_l_Afrique_ou_L_af.html?id=S1UJAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
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