Uncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics During the Decolonization of Algeria

by James D. Le Sueur

Book Overview

Uncivil War is a provocative study of the intellectuals who confronted the loss of France's most prized overseas possession, colonial Algeria. Tracing the intellectual history of one of the most violent wars of European decolonization, James D. Le Sueur illustrates how such key figures as Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Germaine Tillion, Jacques Soustelle, Raymond Aron, Claude Levi-Strauss, Albert Memmi, Frantz Fanon,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812235886
• ISBN13: 9780812235883
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"