Imaginative Geographies of Algerian Violence: Conflict Science, Conflict Management, Antipolitics

281 Pages·2015·19.27 MB·English

by  Jacob Mundy

Imaginative Geographies of Algerian Violence
Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
Imaginative Geographies
of Algerian Violence
CONFLICT SCIENCE, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, ANTIPOLITICS
Jacob Mundy
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mundy, Jacob, author.
Imaginative geographies of Algerian violence : conflict science, conflict management,
antipolitics / Jacob Mundy.
pages cm--(Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-8047-8849-6 (cloth : alk. paper)--isbn 978-0-8047-9582-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Algeria--History--Civil War, 1992-2006. 2. Algeria--Politics and government--1990-
3. Conflict management--Algeria. 4. Conflict management. 5. Policy sciences. 6. World
politics--1989- I. Title. II. Series: Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and
cultures.
db86.m86 2015
965.05'4--dc23
2015019435
isbn 978-0-8047-9583-8 (electronic)
Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in 10/14 Minion
To Alethea

CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations ix
Prologue: The Horror 1
Introduction: Conflict Science,
Conflict Management, Antipolitics 7
1 Civil War: A Name for a War Without a Name 31
2 Greed and Grievance: Political and Economic Agendas
in Civil War—Theirs and Ours 47
3 Identity, Religion, and Terrorism: The Islamization of Violence 65
4 Counterterrorism: Out of Sedan Comes Austerlitz 85
5 Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect:
United by Our Absence of Knowledge of What to Do 113
6 Truth, Reconciliation, and Transitional Justice:
History Will Judge 137
Conclusion: Conflict Science, Conflict Management, Crisis 163
Acknowledgments 171
Notes 173
Bibliography 233
Index 253

ABBREVIATIONS
AIS Armée Islamique du Salut (Islamic Salvation Army)
CNCPPDH La Commission Nationale Consultative de Promotion et de
Protection des Droits de l’Homme
(National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights)
DRS Département du Renseignement et de la Sécurité
(Department of Intelligence and Security, formerly the SM)
FFS Front des Forces Socialistes (Socialist Forces Front)
FIS Front Islamique du Salut (Islamic Salvation Front)
FLN Front de Libération Nationale (National Liberation Front)
GIA Groupe Islamique Armé (Armed Islamic Group)
GSPC Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat
(Salafist or Salafi Group for Preaching and Combat)
HCE Haut Comité d’État (High State Council)
HCS Haut Conseil de Sécurité (High Security Council)
MIA/MAIA Mouvement (Algérien) Islamique Armé
([Algerian] Armed Islamic Movement)
ONDH Observatoire National des Droits de l’Homme
(National Human Rights Observatory)
R2P Responsibility to Protect
RCD Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie
(Rally for Culture and Democracy)
SM Sécurité Militaire (Military Security, now DRS)
TRC Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africa
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