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- Title
Braudel in Algier. Die kolonialen Wurzeln der 'Méditerranée' und der 'spatial turn'.
- Authors
Borutta, Manuel
- Abstract
This article explores the colonial roots of Fernand Braudel's 'La Méditerranée et le monde méditerranéen à l'époque de Philippe II' and situates the study within current debates on the spatial turn. First published in 1949, 'La Méditerranée' is still regarded as a manifesto of Mediterranean studies, and as a prelude to the spatial turn. Recently, the work has been criticized as a document of colonialist discourse and -coevally - celebrated as an antecedent of post-colonial thought. The article explains this ambivalence by reconstructing connections of Braudel's academic and private life in Algeria and France between 1923 und 1984. By analyzing his publications on North Africa and the Mediterranean, mostly unknown ego documents, letters, television broadcastings, and oral history interviews with his family relatives, the article shows that 'La Méditerranée' was not only a seminal scholarly work but also a personal expression of post-imperial nostalgia. However, despite its colonial roots, 'La Méditerranée' remains an inspiring text and a powerful reminder of the physical dimension of space that recently has been neglected by some followers of the spatial turn.
- Subjects
BRAUDEL, Fernand, 1902-1985; LA Mediterranee et le monde mediterraneen a l'epoque de Philippe II (Book); HISTORY of imperialism; IMPERIALISM &; history; MEDITERRANEAN studies; HISTORIOGRAPHY; NOSTALGIA
- Publication
Historische Zeitschrift, 2016, Vol 303, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0018-2613
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/hzhz-2016-0285