Mecca of revolution: Algeria, decolonization, and the Third World order
In: Oxford studies in international history
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In: Oxford studies in international history
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 52, Heft 1, S. 146-149
ISSN: 1471-6380
In: The journal of North African studies, Band 25, Heft 6, S. 1038-1040
ISSN: 1743-9345
In: Mecca of Revolution, S. 113-171
In: Mecca of Revolution, S. 227-285
In: Pacific affairs, Band 86, Heft 2, S. 384-385
ISSN: 0030-851X
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 43, Heft 2, S. 320-322
ISSN: 1471-6380
One of the more prominent themes to emerge from this roundtable is the desire to integrate the history of the modern Middle East with broader trends in international history, particularly with regard to the recent emphasis on "decentralizing" and "globalizing" the Cold War narrative. My own research interests are consistent with this approach, as one of the central concerns of my current project is to show how Algeria's revolutionary nationalists defied the regional categories imposed on them from the outside by pursuing overlapping diplomatic initiatives under the rubrics of Maghribi unity, African unity, Arab unity, Afro-Asianism, and Third Worldism. After independence in 1962, the Algerian foreign ministry's main geographical divisions differed significantly from those used by the U.S. State Department—and most history departments' hiring committees—by dividing the world into "the West," "the Socialist Countries," "the Arab World," "Africa," and "Latin America/Asia." These categories were the product of both practical considerations and ideological/identity politics on the part of Algeria's new leaders, and to my mind suggest that the "Middle East" may itself be a particularly arbitrary and misleading geographical framework, even in comparison to other parts of the developing world where European imperialism exerted a heavy cartographical influence.
In: Diplomatic history, Band 33, Heft 3, S. 427-447
ISSN: 1467-7709
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 43, Heft 2, S. 313-325
ISSN: 0020-7438
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