Apostles of modernity : Saint-Simonians and the civilizing mission in Algeria / Osama W. Abi-Mershed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abi-Mershed, Osama.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saint-Simon, Henri, comte de, 1760-1825--Influence.

Saint-Simon, Henri.

France. Armée. Armée d'Afrique--Officers--Political activity--Algeria.

France.

Assimilation (Sociology)--France--Colonies--History--19th century.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Algeria--Politics and government--1830-1962.

Algeria.

France--Colonies--Africa--Administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1830 and 1870, French army officers serving in the colonial Offices of Arab Affairs profoundly altered the course of political decision-making in Algeria. Guided by the modernizing ideologies of the Saint-Simonian school in their development and implementation of colonial policy, the officers articulated a new doctrine and framework for governing the Muslim and European populations of Algeria. Apostles of Modernity shows the evolution of this civilizing mission in Algeria, and illustrates how these 40 years were decisive in shaping the principal ideological tenets in French colonization of the region. This book offers a rethinking of 19th-century French colonial history. It reveals not only what the rise of Europe implied for the cultural identities of non-elite Middle Easterners and North Africans, but also what dynamics were involved in the imposition or local adoptions of European cultural norms and how the colonial encounter impacted the cultural identities of the colonizers themselves.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Republicanism Deferred

Chapter One. Never the Twain Shall Meet?

Chapter Two. The Moral Conquest

Chapter Three. Impermanent Monstrosities

Chapter Four. Lights Out

Chapter Five. Raised in Our Care

Chapter Six. Napoleon, Emperor of the Arabs

Conclusion. Another Napoleon, Another Waterloo

Appendix One

Appendix Two

Appendix Three

Appendix Four

Appendix Five

Appendix Six

Appendix Seven

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804774727

0804774722

OCLC:

646066554