La « jeunesse algérienne » en lutte. Du rôle politique conflictuel d'une catégorie sociale hétérogène

This article looks the various political roles attributed to the notion of "youth" in Algeria. It shows how a conflictual situation implies both positive and negative definitions of a heterogenous social category. Indeed, besides being a category of age, the "youth" is also defin...

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Main Author: Thomas Serres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2013-12-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/8401
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description This article looks the various political roles attributed to the notion of "youth" in Algeria. It shows how a conflictual situation implies both positive and negative definitions of a heterogenous social category. Indeed, besides being a category of age, the "youth" is also defined as a generation due to sharing in a common experience. In other words, the ongoing crisis in Algeria implies a persistent insecurity, economic and social blockings but also a lack of leisure activities. At the same time, one can see the similarities between the notion of the "youth" and that of the "people, especially regarding the persistent tendency of the ruling elite to infantilized the entire population, expressing a paternalism that is often understood as contempt. Finally, this article explains how the idea of an "Algerian youth" is tied to the notion that this group has suffered a loss (préjudice) due to the actions of the preceding generations. Thus, on can also define this group politically as it represents the rejection of both the ongoing crisis as well as the gerontocracy that is held responsible for these events.
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spelling doaj.art-81b3f9f2c5c5454e968b56b6438a528c2024-02-13T15:19:18ZengUniversité de ProvenceRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée0997-13272105-22712013-12-0113421323010.4000/remmm.8401La « jeunesse algérienne » en lutte. Du rôle politique conflictuel d'une catégorie sociale hétérogèneThomas SerresThis article looks the various political roles attributed to the notion of "youth" in Algeria. It shows how a conflictual situation implies both positive and negative definitions of a heterogenous social category. Indeed, besides being a category of age, the "youth" is also defined as a generation due to sharing in a common experience. In other words, the ongoing crisis in Algeria implies a persistent insecurity, economic and social blockings but also a lack of leisure activities. At the same time, one can see the similarities between the notion of the "youth" and that of the "people, especially regarding the persistent tendency of the ruling elite to infantilized the entire population, expressing a paternalism that is often understood as contempt. Finally, this article explains how the idea of an "Algerian youth" is tied to the notion that this group has suffered a loss (préjudice) due to the actions of the preceding generations. Thus, on can also define this group politically as it represents the rejection of both the ongoing crisis as well as the gerontocracy that is held responsible for these events.https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/8401AlgeriaYouthcrisishogragenerational gapBouteflika
spellingShingle Thomas Serres
La « jeunesse algérienne » en lutte. Du rôle politique conflictuel d'une catégorie sociale hétérogène
Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Algeria
Youth
crisis
hogra
generational gap
Bouteflika
title La « jeunesse algérienne » en lutte. Du rôle politique conflictuel d'une catégorie sociale hétérogène
title_full La « jeunesse algérienne » en lutte. Du rôle politique conflictuel d'une catégorie sociale hétérogène
title_fullStr La « jeunesse algérienne » en lutte. Du rôle politique conflictuel d'une catégorie sociale hétérogène
title_full_unstemmed La « jeunesse algérienne » en lutte. Du rôle politique conflictuel d'une catégorie sociale hétérogène
title_short La « jeunesse algérienne » en lutte. Du rôle politique conflictuel d'une catégorie sociale hétérogène
title_sort la jeunesse algerienne en lutte du role politique conflictuel d une categorie sociale heterogene
topic Algeria
Youth
crisis
hogra
generational gap
Bouteflika
url https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/8401
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