How can we live in a context marked by mistrust, trapped in identity-based divisions and paralyzed by an uncertain future? On what basis can we open new paths capable of easing suffering, or even re-enchanting our lives?
The book written by our colleague Serge Gougbèmon sscc, in collaboration with Ali Mostfa and Fred Poché, provides answers to all these questions.
These answers cannot be reduced to a few striking formulas or vague generous ideas. As the authors of this work strive to show, they are patiently woven through the confrontation of ideas and engagement with otherness. As partners in a tension-filled way of thinking, open to what may challenge their representations, they reject simplistic and damaging forms of confinement that today paralyze our societies. The issues of translation, the crossing of cultures, languages, and forms of expression shape this three-voice exchange, undoubtedly because our humanity always manifests itself in plurality.
However, recognizing differences and the diversity of ways of life should not close off possibilities; on the contrary, it should help reopen our imagination. Through sincere and authentic dialogue, the aim here is to tirelessly seek ways to rethink the conditions for a more habitable world.
Serge Gougbèmon sscc, PhD in philosophy, director of REPHI (Philosophical Network of Interculturality) from 2010 to 2017, currently leads the Damien de Molokaï Center, an educational initiative and a laboratory for integral ecology in Benin.
Ali Mostfa, linguist and PhD in English language and cultures, member of the CONFLUENCE research unit: Sciences and Humanities (EA 1598), is an associate professor (HDR) at the Faculty of Letters and Languages at UCLy.
Fred Poché, emeritus professor of philosophy at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of UCO, is the recipient of the Jean Finot Prize from the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences for Intimate Wounds, Social Wounds (Cerf, 2008).
Link to the book’s website: https://editionskime.fr/produit/dialogue-pour-un-monde-plus-habitable/
05/03/2026