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In the Shadow of a Colonial War: Antiracist and Human Rights Activism in the Face of Algerian Nationalism
Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, History.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5401-3673
2025 (English)In: French Colonial History, ISSN 1539-3402, E-ISSN 1543-7787, Vol. 23-24, no 1, p. 245-271Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The decolonization of Algeria involved an anticolonial expansion of rights and the creation of a new nation. This article investigates how French human rights and antiracist organizations dealt with national identity politics in Algeria from 1945 to 1962. The focus is on the Ligue des droits de l’homme (LDH), Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l’antisémitisme (LICA), and Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peoples (MRAP). The activists within these organizations gradually reconsidered their negative attitudes towards self-determination in the colonies during the Algerian War of Independence. However, the tension between recognizing the right to national self-determination and defending individual civil liberties in the colonies prevented the activists from fundamentally changing their discourses or playing a significant role in decolonization. All three organizations defended a pluralistic Algeria, but none of them thoroughly confronted the religious and cultural dimensions of emancipation.

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La décolonisation de l’Algérie a suscité à la fois une expansion anticoloniale des droits et la construction d’une nouvelle nation. Cet article examine comment trois organisations des droits de l’homme et antiraciste en France (LICA, LDH et MRAP) ont confronté le nationalisme algérien pendant la décolonisation. Les militants au sein de ces organisations ont progressivement reconsidéré leurs attitudes négatives à l’égard de l’autodétermination dans les colonies pendant la guerre d’Algérie. Cependant, la tension entre la reconnaissance du droit à l’autodétermination nationale et la défense des libertés civiles individuelles dans les colonies a paralysé les trois organisations, les rendant incapables de transformer fondamentalement leurs discours et de jouer un rôle significatif dans le processus de décolonisation. Toutes trois ont défendu une Algérie pluraliste, mais aucune n’a véritablement affronté la dimension religieuse et culturelle de l’émancipation.

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Michigan State University Press, 2025. Vol. 23-24, no 1, p. 245-271
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-58459DOI: 10.14321/frencolohist.23-24.2025.0245ISI: 001757687800011Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105021438711OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-58459DiVA, id: diva2:2014943
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Confronting intercultural conflicts: French antiracism and Jewish-Muslim relations, 1948-2000, Swedish Research Council
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Swedish Research Council, 2014-06759_VRAvailable from: 2025-11-19 Created: 2025-11-19 Last updated: 2026-05-21Bibliographically approved

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