Are the People Backward? Algerian Symbolic Analysts and the Culture of the Masses

This article studies representations of the Algerian population promoted by francophone intellectuals in a context of longstanding crisis and uncertainty. Borrowing the category of symbolic analysts from Robert Reich, it looks at the way in which novelists, scholars and journalists try to make sense...

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Main Authors: Thomas Serres, Tristan Leperlier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies 2017-01-01
Series:Middle East : Topics & Arguments
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Online Access:http://meta-journal.net/article/view/5131