“L’éternel immigré”: identity and radicalism in France since 1962

Rosenstein, Brent

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Title

“L’éternel immigré”: identity and radicalism in France since 1962

Author(s)

Rosenstein, Brent

Issue Date

2014-05-30T16:46:22Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Mathy, Jean-Philippe

Department of Study

Liberal Arts & Sciences

Discipline

European Union Studies

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

M.A.

Degree Level

Thesis

Keyword(s)

• France
• North Africa
• Identity
• Identity Politics
• Identity Crisis
• Radicalism
• Radicalization
• Extremism
• Algerian War of Independence
• Mohammed Merah
• Front National (FN)
• Marine Le Pen
• Front de Libération Nationale (FLN)
• Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS)
• Islamist
• Far-Right
• Harkis
• Laïcité
• Universalism
• Multiculturalism
• Immigration
• Integration
• Bouzid
• Azouz Begag
• Leïla Sebbar
• Dalila Kerchouche
• Médine
• Abd Al Malik

Abstract

Following the March 2012 terror attacks carried out by Mohammed Merah, a former friend of his placed more blame on French society for Merah’s radicalization than on any external force. This thesis attempts to address that claim by examining the identity crisis in France and its relationship to both Islamist and far-right radicalism. It argues that the lingering legacies of the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) have contributed greatly to the current identity crisis in France, especially with regards to the North African and Muslim communities, as well as the far-right. The political and social issues stemming from this crisis create an environment that is conducive to radicalization in terms of both Islamist and far-right extremism.

Graduation Semester

2014-05

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