The Call from Algeria - Third Worldism, Revolution & the Turn to Islam (Paper)

1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-520-20301-3
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

The speed with which Algeria 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 Algeria 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Malley, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Anarchismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION
PART 1: GESTATION
Introduction

Chapter 1
When South Met North: On the Origins of Third Worldism

Chapter 2
On the Origins of Algerian Third Worldism

Conclusion

PART 2: APOGEE
Introduction

Chapter 3
The Making of a World

Chapter 4
Algeria in the Age of Third Worldism

Conclusion

PART 3: DEMISE
Introduction

Chapter 5
A Farewell to Utopia

Chapter 6
Turning to Islam

AFTERTHOUGHTS

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Malley wrote this book while serving as a Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.