num_pages: 550
description: Porters sensitive learned and accessible account is highly recommended for anyone wishing to acquire a deeper knowledge of the history of modern Algeria as well as of the range of anarchist approaches in both France and Algeria to the pathways of Algerian politics before and since independence. Mohammed Bamyeh author of Anarchy as Order: The History and Future of Civic HumanityEyes to the South makes a significant and valuable contribution to a small but growing literature analyzing the complex and problematic engagement of anarchists with decolonization in general and Algeria in particular. ?David Berry author of A History of the French Anarchist Movement 1917 to 1945 makes a significant and valuable contribution to a small but growing literature analyzing the complex and problematic engagement of anarchists with decolonization in general and Algeria in particular. David Berry author of A History of the French Anarchist Movement 1917 to 1945Eyes to the South explores important issues from the last six tumultuous decades of Algerian history including French colonial rule nationalist revolution experiments in workers self-management the rise of radical Islamist politics an insurgent revival of traditional decentralist resistance and political structures conflicts over cultural identity women's emancipation and major blowback on the ex-colonial power itself. David Porter's nuanced examination of these issues helps to clarify Algerias current political economic and social conditions and resonates with continuing conflicts and change in Africa and the Middle East more generally. At the same time Eyes to the South describes and analyzes the observers themselvesthe various components of the French anarchist movementand helps to clarify and enrich the discussion of issues such as national liberation violence revolution the role of religion liberal democracy worker self-management and collaboration with statists in the broader anarchist and anti-authoritarian movements.
language: English
title: Eyes to the South: French Anarchists & Algeria
publisher: AK Press