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History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria (Paperback)
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History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
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Colonialism denied Algeria its own history; nationalism reinvented
it. James McDougall charts the creation of that history through
colonialism to independence, exploring the struggle to define
Algeria's past and determine the meaning of its nationhood. Through
local histories, he analyses the relationship between history,
Islamic culture and nationalism in Algeria. He confronts prevailing
notions that nationalism emancipated Algerian history, and that
Algeria's past has somehow determined its present, violence
breeding violence, tragedy repeating itself. Instead, he argues,
nationalism was a new kind of domination, in which multiple
memories and possible futures were effaced. But the histories
hidden by nationalism remain below the surface, and can be
recovered to create alternative visions for the future. This is an
exceptional and engaging book, rich in analysis and documentation.
It will be read by colonial historians and social theorists as well
as by scholars of the Middle East and North Africa.
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