Ali El Kenz Explained

Ali El Kenz
Birth Date:1946
Birth Place:Skikda, French Algeria
Death Place:Nantes, France
Nationality:Algerian
Occupation:Sociologist
Writer

Ali El Kenz (1946 – 1 November 2020) was an Algerian writer and sociologist. He was born in 1964 in Skikda. He began his academic career in the early seventies, he studied in the philosophy department at the University of Algiers. Then in the mid-seventies he chose to study sociology. One of his most prominent writings is a book called “Writing in the Exile” (original text: alkitaba fi almanafaa).

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Biography

Ali El Kenz is an Algerian academic who was an intellectual, a researcher, a sociologist, a writer. He was influenced by the late figures of sociology such as Ibn Khaldoun, Franz Fanon, Mustafa Al-Ashraf, and the Egyptian scientist Samir Amin, who published a number of studies with him.

Works

His French books:

Career

He was a professor at Algiers 1 University and the University of Nantes.[14] He also wrote in the daily newspaper El Watan.[15]

Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Algiers (1970-1974)[16]

Professor of Sociology at the same university until 1993.

Director of the Research Center in Applied Economics of the University of Algiers.

Associate Professor at Tunis University for two years from 1993 - 1994.

He also occupied several positions in the Arab Society for Sociology as well as the Council Development and Research in Social Sciences in Africa.

A scientific advisor in charge of the "science and society" axis at an American university.

His scientific contributions

The founding of the Arab Society for Sociology, and the Jahizia Cultural Association which brought together a group of French Arab intellectuals and Arab sociologists.[17] [18]

As an outcome of a research in the social sciences in Algeria and the Arab world he published in the Ansaniyat Journal, the African Journal of Books and various major conferences.

He put his initiatives and experience in helping many scientific institutions around the world, especially the Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA).

He contributed to the Algerian press and scientific magazines, especially Al-Ahdath newspaper and Al-Watan newspaper.

He collaborated with the Center for Maghreb Studies in Tunis in several researches and studies.

His death

The late Ali El Kenz died at the age of 74 in the city of Nantes in France. According to his relatives he died because of an incurable disease.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kenz, Ali el- (1946-). Persée. French.
  2. Web site: Ali El Kenz, un intellectuel de race s'en va. 1 November 2020. Algérie Cultures. French.
  3. Web site: Le sociologue Ali El Kenz s'en est allé: l'adieu à un immense intellectuel. 2 November 2020. 24H Algérie. French.
  4. Web site: Décès du sociologue Ali El Kenz. 2 November 2020. Algérie Presse Service. French.
  5. Web site: 2020-12-04. علي الكنز .. المفكر الجزائري البارز في علم الاجتماع - سوبرنوفا Supernova. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20201204175709/https://www.supernova-dz.net/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%81%D9%83%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%9F/. 2020-12-04.
  6. Web site: 2021-04-19. علي الكنز قدم عملا ثقافيا جبارا لبلده - المساء. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163743/https://www.el-massa.com/dz/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2-%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87. 2021-04-19.
  7. Web site: 2021-04-19. المحور اليومي - علي الكنز يرحل في صمت بعد سنين من العطاء. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163352/http://elmihwar.com/ar/index.php?news=141339. 2021-04-19.
  8. Web site: 2021-04-19. رحيل عالم الاجتماع الجزائري علي الكنز – الشرق اليوم. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419164823/https://elcharkelyaoum.com/2020/11/03/%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2/. 2021-04-19.
  9. Web site: 2021-04-19. رحيل المفكر الجزائري علي الكنز. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163628/https://iraqpalm.com/news/%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%81%D9%83%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2. 2021-04-19.
  10. Web site: 2021-04-19. حول الأزمة: 5 دراسات حول الجزائر والعالم العربي - علي الكنز - كتب Google. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163410/https://books.google.ae/books/about/%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A9.html?id=VWIqzgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y. 2021-04-19. الكنز. علي.
  11. Web site: 2021-04-19. National Planning Institute catalog › Details for: العلاقات العربية الأوروبية. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419144801/http://catalog.inp.edu.eg/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=9563. 2021-04-19.
  12. Web site: 2021-04-19. الهوية وقضاياها في الوعي العربي المعاصر by رياض زكي قاسم. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163827/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21473602. 2021-04-19.
  13. Web site: Ali el- Kenz. BnF Data. French.
  14. Web site: Pourquoi a-t-on peur de la sociologie ?. 13 September 2007. El Watan. French.
  15. Web site: Entretien avec Ali el Kenz. February 2010. Cairn. French.
  16. Web site: 2021-04-19. وفاة الأستاذ الجامعي المختص في علم الاجتماع علي الكنز. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163058/https://www.aps.dz/ar/sante-science-technologie/95165-2020-11-02-11-30-07. 2021-04-19.
  17. Web site: 2021-04-19. علي الكنز: سيرة ومسيرة:لقاء علمي تكريما لعالم الاجتماع والمفكّر والإنسان - بوابة أفريقيا الإخبارية. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419145024/https://www.afrigatenews.net/article/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%81%D9%83%D9%91%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86/. 2021-04-19.
  18. Web site: 2021-04-19. رحيل علي كنز... راصد التحولات الاجتماعية في الجزائر. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163517/https://al-akhbar.com/Literature_Arts/295985. 2021-04-19.
  19. Web site: 2021-04-19. الخبر-وفاة الأستاذ الجامعي علي الكنز. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163510/https://elkhabar.com/press/article/175724/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2/. 2021-04-19.

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