Beschreibung:
Traces the intricate relationship of intellectuals during the French-Algerian War and on the identity politics generated by decolonization.
Foreword by Pierre Bourdieu; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Intellectuals and Identity Part I: Decolonization and Visions of Reconciliation One History and Franco-Muslim Reconciliation: French Colonialism in Algeria; Two Imbroglios and Intellectual Legitimacy: Anticolonialism and the Comite d'Action; Three French Educational Reform and the Problem of Reconciliation: The Service des Centres Sociaux; Four The Unbearable Solitude of Being: The Question of Albert Camus Part II: Representing Rupture Five Shifting Views of Reconciliation: A Liberal Retreat from Empire?; Six Visions of Reconciliation, Visions of Rupture: Violence, Propaganda, and Representations of Difference; Seven The Politics of Othering; Eight The Legacy of Violence: Reflections on the Revolution in Two Nations; Conclusion: The Politics of Identity