Jacques Berque and the Academy

Countering the arguments of Elie Kedourie and Martin Kramer, this paper argues that Jacques Berque's third worldism did not represent a personal ‘revolt’ against his own heritage. An examination of his memoirs shows that criticisms of his life and scholarship are not historically grounded. In politics Berque called for dialogue and interaction, not a political or philosophical rupture between cultures. His research revealed the divergent perspectives of social groups in colonial settings – ethnic, religious, as well as diverse classes and national communities. To do so he immersed himself in Arab and Islamic cultures. This method brought with it controversy because opinion on Arab and Muslim society was sharply divided throughout the twentieth century. The controversy has not substantially changed since the colonial era, when Orientalists negated Arabs while nativists bemoaned the Western assault upon other cultures. Yet, Berque's life and work suggests something different. As he said, his life was spent between two shores – between Africa and Europe, Islam and the West

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• New Perspectives on the Legal History of the Middle East? Rediscovering Jacques Berque, the “Field Historian”

  Open Access•Anne Clément•History Compass•2014

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• ‘Ivory Towers’ or Tower of Babel? A Critical Reading of Martin Kramer

  Mathieu E Courville•Critique Critical Middle Eastern…•2006

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• Jacques Berque (1910–1995)

  Open Access•Dale F Eickelman•Middle East Studies Association…•1995

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• Islam in European thought

  Jacob M Landau•History of European Ideas•1992

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• Egypt

  Mary Rowlatt•International Affairs•1972

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• Algeria

  Open Access•Douglas Johnson•The Journal of African History•1964

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• Egypt

  James A Bellamy, Jacques Berque et al.•Journal of the American Oriental…•1976

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• Le Maghreb entre deux guerres

  Open Access•M s, Jacques Berque•Population•1963

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• Two great British historians of the modern Middle East

  Open Access•M E Yapp•Bulletin of the School of…•1995

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• Cent vingt-cinq ans de sociologie maghrébine

  Open Access•Jacques Berque•Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales•1956

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• Le Maghreb entre deux guerres

  C Peyre, Jacques Berque•Revue Française de Sociologie•1963

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