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Between Liberalism and Colonialism: Alexis de Tocqueville on the Conquest and Colonization of Algeria

  • Korean Review of French History
  • Abbr : KRFH
  • 2024, (50), pp.203~239
  • DOI : 10.51786/RCHF.2024.02.50.203
  • Publisher : KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
  • Research Area : Humanities > History
  • Received : January 28, 2024
  • Accepted : February 12, 2024
  • Published : February 28, 2024

Lee Yong Jae 1

1전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

Alexis de Tocqueville, in the Letters on Algeria, optimistically predicted the colonization of Algeria and dreamed of a fusion of European immigrants and native Arabs. But in his Essay on Algeria, written after visiting Algeria, Tocqueville believed that strong military operations were necessary to win the war, and even tolerated violence of war and massacres. In the Report on Algeria, written when the French victory was imminent, he recommended refraining from more military occupations and suggested ways to make a settler colony. Has Tocqueville, a liberal who called for freedom and democracy, become a colonialist who calls for overseas expansion and colonial settlement? He believed that a North African colony was absolutely necessary for France to maintain its status as a powerful country in the rapidly changing international situation in the Mediterranean. His reasons for Algerian colony were far from the pursuit of economic profits or the mission of civilization, and were motivated by the political considerations of increasing national power and honor.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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