The Unification of Maghrebi Nationalism Under the Mission Civilisatrice, Analyzed in Contrast to Features of the Moroccan Independence Movement
Date
2-15-2024
Faculty Mentor
Ronald Koss, History & Foreign Languages
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Submission Type
Conference Proceeding
Location
9:00-9:10am | Houston Cole Library, 11th Floor
Description
The colonial, revolutionary, and post-colonial history of Northwest Africa is both complex and ever dynamic, owing to the innate complexity and dynamism of French imperialist ideology itself. From an unread perspective, the sociocultural and political features of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco appear essentially uniform in physical and social geography, language, religious practice and ideology (and subsequent association with the broader Arab-Muslim world), and in the ways French colonialism imparted French and European culture. As the Ottoman Empire decayed, the French invasion and seizure of Algiers in 1830 ignited the resurgence of French and the broader European fervor of imperialism, as France continued its protectorate sphere into Tunisia in 1881 and Morocco in 1912. The arrival, assimilation, and endurance of French culture, however, occurred and now persists in a distinct manner for each country, in accordance with the divergence of French colonial practices employed by the empire throughout its second colonial period. As will be further discussed, the parallel between the indigenous North African societies predating second-wave French imperialism and the varying French assimilationist tactics these societies were subjected to undoubtedly shaped the revolutionary bases of the independence movements of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco; the ultimate political, cultural, and ideological schisms between these countries and their respective “mode” of French imperialism resound into the present day, and in these developing nations one can see the broad implications of two worlds enduring intense social-political transience—the individual nation-states of the Maghreb and their former overseer France—colliding in the tradition of European colonialism.
Keywords
student research, history
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Disciplines
African History
Recommended Citation
Harrell, Charles, "The Unification of Maghrebi Nationalism Under the Mission Civilisatrice, Analyzed in Contrast to Features of the Moroccan Independence Movement" (2024). JSU Student Symposium 2024. 10.
https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/ce_jsustudentsymp_2024/10