In "Violent Modernity: France in Algeria," Abdelmajid Hannoum
examines the advent of political modernity in Algeria and shows how
colonial modernity was not only a project imposed by violence but
also a violent project in and of itself, involving massive
destruction and significant transformation of the population of
Algeria. The author analyzes the relation between culture and
events and demonstrates how the culture of colonial modernity was
generative of violent events, the most notorious and tragic of
which were the spectacular mass killings of the 1990s, usually
referred to as "the Algerian civil war." This, the author argues,
cannot be explained without an understanding of colonial
modernity.
General
| Imprint: |
Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs |
| Release date: |
2011 |
| First published: |
2011 |
| Authors: |
Abdelmajid Hannoum
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| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-05328-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
General
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| LSN: |
0-674-05328-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780674053281 |
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