Violent Modernity: France in Algeria

by Abdelmajid Hannoum

In Violent Modernity: France in Algeria, Abdelmajid Hannoum examines the advent of political modernity in Algeria and shows how colonial modernity was not only a project imposed by violence but also a violent project in and of itself, involving massive destruction and significant transformation of the population of Algeria. The author analyzes the relation between culture and events and demonstrates how the culture of colonial modernity was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674053281
• ISBN13: 9780674053281
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.1"