"The mechanism by which Algerian indigenous communities are excluded from the state, are excluded from capital accumulation, is through the marker of Islam as a legal category [..] In order to become a French citizen one had to renounce Islamic civil laws."
#MuriamHalehDavis discusses her book #MarketsOfCivilization: Islam and #RacialCapitalism in #Algeria
https://youtu.be/8aGhhK4ba2M
#ColonialAlgeria #colonialism #FrenchColonialism #Maghreb #SettlerColonialism #books
"[A] book talk with #MuriamHalehDavis about her new book, #MarketsOfCivilization: Islam and #RacialCapitalism in #Algeria [..] She will address how the framework of racial capitalism might be expanded to reflect on the history of the #FrenchEmpire in #NorthAfrica, as well as the porous boundaries between race and religion in colonial (and post-colonial) Algeria."
#ColonialAlgeria #colonialism #FrenchColonialism #Maghreb #SettlerColonialism #books
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