The Berber Identity Movement and the Challenge to North African States by Bruce

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Berber Identity Movement and the Challenge to North African States by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman The first full-length treatment of the emergence of the modern Berber identity movement in North Africa and the Berber diaspora, the challenges it poses to Moroccan and Algerian authorities and to competing Islamist movements, and their responses to it. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Like many indigenous groups that have endured centuries of subordination, the Berber/Amazigh peoples of North Africa are demanding linguistic and cultural recognition and the redressing of injustices. Indeed, the movement seeks nothing less than a refashioning of the identity of North African states, a rewriting of their history, and a fundamental change in the basis of collective life. In so doing, it poses a challenge to the existing political and sociocultural orders in Morocco and Algeria, while serving as an important counterpoint to the oppositionist Islamist current. This is the first book-length study to analyze the rise of the modern ethnocultural Berber/Amazigh movement in North Africa and the Berber diaspora. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman begins by tracing North African history from the perspective of its indigenous Berber inhabitants and their interactions with more powerful societies, from Hellenic and Roman times, through a millennium of Islam, to the era of Western colonialism. He then concentrates on the marginalization and eventual reemergence of the Berber question in independent Algeria and Morocco, against a background of the growing crisis of regime legitimacy in each country. His investigation illuminates many issues, including the fashioning of official national narratives and policies aimed at subordinating Berbers in an Arab nationalist and Islamic-centered universe; the emergence of a counter-movement promoting an expansive Berber "imagining" that emphasizes the rights of minority groups and indigenous peoples; and the international aspects of modern Berberism. Notes The first full-length treatment of the emergence of the modern Berber identity movement in North Africa and the Berber diaspora, the challenges it poses to Moroccan and Algerian authorities and to competing Islamist movements, and their responses to it Author Biography Bruce Maddy-Weitzman is Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of The Crystallization of the Arab State System, 1945–1954 and the coeditor of The Maghrib in the New Century: Identity, Religion, and Politics; The Camp David Summit—What Went Wrong?; and Religious Radicalism in the Greater Middle East. He also edited the last seven volumes of the Middle East Contemporary Survey. Table of Contents Note on Transcription and TerminologyAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Entering History Chapter One. Origins and Conquests: Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, ArabiaChapter Two. The Colonial EraPart II. Independence, Marginalization, and Berber Reimagining Chapter Three. Morocco and Algeria: State Consolidation and Berber "Otherness"Chapter Four. Algerian Strife, Moroccan Homeopathy, and the Emergence of the Amazigh MovementPart III. Reentering History in the New Millennium Chapter Five. Berber Identity and the International ArenaChapter Six. Mohamed VIs Morocco and the Amazigh MovementChapter Seven. Bouteflikas Algeria and Kabyle AlienationConclusion: Whither the State, Whither the Berbers?NotesSourcesIndex Review A rich historical analysis of the origins of Berber identity, the domination of Berbers by successive colonial rules, and the current struggles of Berber movements for recognition by North African states. * The Eurasia Review * Promotional The first full-length treatment of the emergence of the modern Berber identity movement in North Africa and the Berber diaspora, the challenges it poses to Moroccan and Algerian authorities and to competing Islamist movements, and their responses to it Long Description Like many indigenous groups that have endured centuries of subordination, the Berber/Amazigh peoples of North Africa are demanding linguistic and cultural recognition and the redressing of injustices. Indeed, the movement seeks nothing less than a refashioning of the identity of North African states, a rewriting of their history, and a fundamental change in the basis of collective life. In so doing, it poses a challenge to the existing political and sociocultural orders in Morocco and Algeria, while serving as an important counterpoint to the oppositionist Islamist current. This is the first book-length study to analyze the rise of the modern ethnocultural Berber/Amazigh movement in North Africa and the Berber diaspora. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman begins by tracing North African history from the perspective of its indigenous Berber inhabitants and their interactions with more powerful societies, from Hellenic and Roman times, through a millennium of Islam, to the era of Western colonialism. He then concentrates on the marginalization and eventual reemergence of the Berber question in independent Algeria and Morocco, against a background of the growing crisis of regime legitimacy in each country. His investigation illuminates many issues, including the fashioning of official national narratives and policies aimed at subordinating Berbers in an Arab nationalist and Islamic-centered universe; the emergence of a counter-movement promoting an expansive Berber "imagining" that emphasizes the rights of minority groups and indigenous peoples; and the international aspects of modern Berberism. Review Quote A rich historical analysis of the origins of Berber identity, the domination of Berbers by successive colonial rules, and the current struggles of Berber movements for recognition by North African states. Details ISBN0292744013 Author Bruce Maddy-Weitzman Publisher University of Texas Press Language English ISBN-10 0292744013 ISBN-13 9780292744011 Media Book Illustrations Yes Short Title BERBER IDENTITY MOVEMENT & THE Imprint University of Texas Press Place of Publication Austin, TX Country of Publication United States Format Paperback Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-05-01 AU Release Date 2011-05-01 NZ Release Date 2011-05-01 US Release Date 2011-05-01 UK Release Date 2011-05-01 Birth 1987 Death 1997 Affiliation Santa Clara University Position Author Qualifications S.J. Pages 304 DEWEY 964.004933 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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