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Heroes and Villains: an Algerian Review of Tocqueville and Emir Abd al-Qadir

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Chamyl Boutaleb
Chamyl Boutaleb*
Affiliation:
Foundation of Emir Abd al-Qadir, Oran, Algeria
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The history of Algeria’s colonization by France is closely linked to resistance (from 1832 to 1847) led by the Algerian hero Emir Abd al-Qadir (1808–1883), and to the ideology of the French agent Alexis de Tocqueville concerning the means by which France could dominate the country. The colonization of Algeria divided the French political sphere into three approaches: Those who demanded the retreat of French troops, those calling for a limited occupation, and finally those in favour of extending domination and the colonization of the occupied territories. Among the last, let us highlight the chief advocate, Marechal Guizot, and his military accomplices (generals Cavaignac, Pelissier, Saint-Arnaud, Montagnac, and others led by general Bugeaud). Working with them was Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859), a fervent defender of colonization at any cost. He was to be their ideologist, a theoretician of colonialism who would legitimize French expansion in Algeria.

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Special Section: Tocqueville in Algeria Revisited
Information
Review of Middle East Studies , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , Summer 2011 , pp. 44 - 49
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Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America 2011

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