Uncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics during the Decolonization of Algeria

447 Pages·2006·2.025 MB·English

by  James D. Le Sueur, Pierre Bourdieu

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UNCIVIL
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4 Acknowledgments xi
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ListofAbbreviations xv
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7 Introduction:IntellectualsandIdentity 1
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1. HistoryandFranco-MuslimReconciliation:
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1 FOREWORD
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PierreBourdieu
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5 TotelltheroleplayedbyFrenchandAlgerianintellectualsinAlgeria’swarof
6 liberation,oneofthelongestandmostterribleinhistory,neededahistorian
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whowasbothmeticulousandrigorous,onenotonlycapableofinterpret-
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ingarchivesandquestioningwitnesses,butsensitiveandunderstanding
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enoughtodeeplyfeelandcommunicatethetragicexperiencesofthisUncivil
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War.Thebestevidenceofthisunderstandingandsensitivityseemstome
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tobetheplaceJamesLeSueurgivesinhisbooktothedeathofMouloud
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Feraoun. The whole horror and absurdity of those years of violence and
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hisfriendsfromtheCentresSociauxbyagroupofoaskillers,oneMarch
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stillechoedinmymemory,Iweptfortheuniversallossofoneofthoserare
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menwho,attheheightofterror,managedtokeephisheadandevento
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controltheviolencearousedbythehorrorofviolence.
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36 proselytize.TheretheinitiativeofAlbertCamus,who,withhis“Callfora
37 CivilTruce,”sentoutfromAlgierson22January1956,violatedataboowith
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1 ofthe121”indefenseoftortureresistance.Andthereagain,theunseenand,
2 onemaysay,virtuallyfutileresistanceofthosewho,inAlgiers,weredubbed
3 “liberals”:thoseFrenchmenandwomen,andthoseAlgerians,borninAl-
4 geriaforthemostpart,butalsoinFrance,students,teachers,railwayand
5 officeworkers,andothers,whocontinuallyriskedtheirlivesinthestruggle
6 againstracistviolence.(Iamthinking,forexample,oftheComitéÉtudiant
7 d’ActionLaïqueetDémocratique,inwhichIhadmanyfriends,andwhich,
8 inadditiontoitseverydayactivities,managedtomarshalenoughenergyand
9 couragetoconfrontthehenchmenoffascisminvariouspeacedemonstra-
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