The French Intifada
A provocative rethinking of France s long relationship with the Arab worldTo fully understand both the social and political pressures wracking contemporary France and, indeed, all of Europe as well as major events from the Arab Spring in the Middle East to the tensions in Mali, Andrew Hussey believes that we have to look beyond the confines of domestic horizons As much as unemployment, economic stagnation, and social deprivation exacerbate the ongoing turmoil in the banlieues, the root of the problem lies elsewhere in the continuing fallout from Europe s colonial era Combining a fascinating and compulsively readable mix of history, literature, and politics with his years of personal experience visiting the banlieues and countries across the Arab world, especially Algeria, Hussey attempts to make sense of the present situation In the course of teasing out the myriad interconnections between past and present in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Beirut, and Western Europe, The French Intifada shows that the defining conflict of the twenty first century will not be between Islam and the West but between two dramatically different experiences of the world the colonizers and the colonized. Download The French Intifada – kino-fada.fr Page 291 my book George Orwell on Marrakesh in the late 1930 sWhen you walk through a town like this two hundred thousand inhabitants, of whom at least twenty thousand own literally nothing except the rags they stand up in when you see how the people live, and stillhow easily they die, it is always difficult to believe you are among human beings All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact How long can we keep on kidding these people How long before they turn thei Page 291 my book George Orwell on Marrakesh in the late 1930 sWhen you walk through a town like...An interesting look at France s fraught relationship with its former Arab colonies, as well as the Arabs and Sub Saharan Africans who live in the disenfranchised banlieus surrounding most French cities.I thought the book was going to beabout the latter, the lives of Arabs in France but in fact the overwhelming majority of it is in France s colonial history in North Africa, whichor less comes across as a long history of massacres and counter massac...The French Intifada The Long War Between France and Its Arabs, by Andrew Hussey, is an interesting book on France s historical relationship with Arab populations in North Africa particularly in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia and the parallels these relationships draw with modern race riots and terrorism which are present in modern France, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia The book is part journalistic travelogue and reflections by the author, part history of French colonialism in the Maghreb and th The French Intifada The Long War Between France and Its...Napoleon s occupation of Egypt sparked a fascination with the so called Orient and a lust for its wealth and resources but strangely no corresponding understanding or respect for the Islamic culture of the region Still, the French gained no lasting legacy from the episode, so when they set about an unprovoked and entirely vicious invasion of Algeria in 1830, seeking alasting material acquisition, they brought with them the policies of extreme violence, genocide, dispossession and colonisa Napoleon s occupation ...I wish I d read this book whilst I was living in France It s a most informative book, looking at the inhabitants of France who come from the former French territories of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia Much of the book is devoted to France s possession of these nations, and to the troubles leading to their final independence It s a horrifying and illuminating story, and one that does much to explain the disaffection of the Maghrebin population in France In fact, if I have a criticism, it is th I wish I d read this book whilst I was living in France It s a most informative book, looking at the inhabitants of France who come from the former French territories of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia Much of the book is devoted to France s possession of these ...Andrew Hussey s book The French Intifada was an amazing book I had never knew just how in grained the French were in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia or just how badly affected all three countries have been by French colonialism I imagine that ...Fascinating, but ultimately depressing Makes you realise how the situation the world is facing now is not new at all, and the roots run very deep indeed I found the material on contemporary France fascinating.Andrew Hussey is professor of cultural history at the School of Advanced Study, University of London His latest book, The French Intifada, seems to be an extension to his penultimate Paris The Secret History Unlike it, though, it is dressed in ahistorically political attire to reveal the relationship between France and its Arabs up to present day Colonization and Arabization are key terms in the book Hussey s many visits to the Maghreb region, which is the core setting, allow him to Andrew Hussey is professor of cultural history at the School of Advanced Study, University of London His latest book, The French Intifada, seems to be an extension to his penul...Andrew Hussey takes the reader on a path to the recent history of the Maghreb countries that is heavily influenced by French colonization Events taking place in today s world are related to events that took place 6, 25, 65 or even 200 years ago.Hussey s descriptions about uprisings in Algeria are appalling Still, they are not very different from slaughter commited by French during the colonization and Hussey argues that the French Arabs are still affected by the psychologial trauma.Some of Hus Andrew Hussey takes the reader on a path to the recent history of the Maghreb countries that is heavily influenced by French colonization Events taking place in today s world are related to events that took place 6, 25, 65 or even 200 years ago.Hussey s descriptions about uprisings in Algeria are appalling Still, they are not very different from slaughter commited by French dur...The recent attacks in France caused me to ask the question why France This book answers that, a colonial past, the highest muslim population in Europe and the secular society they wish to achieve have lead to a breeding ground for terrorism The writer takes you through the present day situation in France and then a detailed examination of the countries that once were part of the French Empire Sadly people have been trying to...
- 09 July 2017 Andrew Hussey
- Hardcover
- 464 pages
- 0865479216
- Andrew Hussey
- The French Intifada