The Call from Algeria

Third Worldism, Revolution, and the Turn to Islam

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ID20039554
AuthorsRobert Malley (corresponding author)
Year1996
Publication date1996-12-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueCall from Algeria (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/9780520917026
OpenAlexW1995848561
ISBN9780520917026
LanguageEN
Citations received56

speed with which has gone from symbol of revolutionary socialism to Islamic battleground has confounded most observers. Charting Algeria's political evolution from the turn of the century to the present, Robert Malley explores the historical and intellectual underpinnings of the current crisis. His analysis helps makes sense of the civil war that is tearing apart. Using contemporary Algerian politics as a case study of the intellectual movement labeled 'Third Worldism', Malley's thoughtful analysis also elucidates the broader transformations affecting countries of the Third World that once embraced ideologies of state-centered radical change. Malley focuses on the interplay between politics, economics, and ideology to explain the rise, essential components, and precipitous decline of Third Worldism - a movement that attracted scholars and activists in both the developed and underdeveloped worlds from the mid 1950s to the mid 1980s. He relates the disillusionment with Third Worldism to the growing appeal in the Third World of economic liberalism, versions of political pluralism, and ideological movements that threaten the very existence of the central state. At a time when the public increasingly is associating countries of the less developed world with Islamism, tribalism, and ethnic warfare, The Call from Algeria challenges our assumptions and offers a new perspective

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