Tocqueville on the conquest and colonization of Algeria

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ID7875700
AuthorsJohn W P Veugelers (University of Toronto, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume10
Issue4
Pages339-355
Publication date2010-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Classical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-795X • E-ISSN: 1741-2897
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1468795x10379676
OpenAlexW2082910488
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

During the 1830s and 1840s the future of France’s new colony in Algeria became Tocqueville’s chief preoccupation in politics. At first confident that settlers from Europe would mix with the natives of Algeria, eventually he lost his belief in an integrated colonial society. Yet he never abandoned his opinion that France must consolidate its hold over Algeria for reasons of strategy and international reputation. He deplored the pre-eminence of military men over the political affairs of the young colony but accepted and even praised their manner of waging war against the Algerian people. Nostalgia motivated Tocqueville’s enthusiasm for empire, but contemporary influences shaped his views on the policies his country should adopt for the conquest and colonization of Algeria

Ancient history · Colonialism · CONQUEST · Economic history · Empire · Enthusiasm · Ethnology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reputation · Sociology · European Political History Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment

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