المصدر: | مجلة المصادر |
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الناشر: | المركز الوطني للدراسات والبحث في الحركة الوطنية وثورة أول نوفمبر 1954 |
المؤلف الرئيسي: | Meberbeche, Faiza Senouci (Author) |
المجلد/العدد: | ع27 |
محكمة: | نعم |
الدولة: |
الجزائر |
التاريخ الميلادي: |
2016
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الصفحات: | 11 - 18 |
ISSN: |
1112-2668 |
رقم MD: | 904561 |
نوع المحتوى: | بحوث ومقالات |
اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
قواعد المعلومات: | EcoLink |
مواضيع: | |
كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية: |
Education | Identity | Algeria | Colonialism
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رابط المحتوى: |
الناشر لهذه المادة لم يسمح بإتاحتها. |
المستخلص: |
In 1830 the French invaded Algeria and some years later the country became the first French colony in North Africa. The French colonization of Algeria was not merely political domination and economic exploitation only, but more importantly an inclusive annexation which aimed at suppressing the indigenous people's culture and values. To have their goals attained, the French adopted the so - called “assimilation strategy”, a policy which intended to incorporate Algeria as an integral part of France. In the process of reinforcing such a colonial policy, the French suppressed Arabic and imposed the French language as a medium of instruction through the establishment of French schools which were to replace the Arabic and Quranic educational institutions and madrassas (schools) already in existence before colonial rule. Eventually, throughout this assimilationist policy, the French aimed at suppressing the Algerians‟ cultural identity to remold the society along the French lines. By 1962, almost all the Algerian élites were French speaking. Algeria was, hence, subjected to a series of cultural problems related to its identity. In reaction to the French cultural and linguistic imperialism, the Algerian educated élites of the Algerian War for Independence (1954 - 1962) and post independence leaders committed themselves to retrieving their Arabic and Islamic cultural values in a society whose identity had been denied for over a hundred and thirty years. The challenge was, therefore, to be able to restore and revive the lost national identity and personality of their newly independent state. In this light, the present paper examines the Algerians‟ cultural identity and personality during the French colonial rule. It also discusses the challenges that the Algerian educated elites were subjected to during the colonial and post colonial eras in order to retrieve and restore the true lost identity of Algeria. |
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ISSN: |
1112-2668 |