
Revolution without illusion
The Marxist historian Mohammed Harbi spent a lifetime dismantling the myths of Algeria’s national movement and warning that anticolonial victories could harden into bureaucratic rule.
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Muriam Haleh Davis is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Markets of Civilization: Islam and Racial Capitalism in Algeria.

The Marxist historian Mohammed Harbi spent a lifetime dismantling the myths of Algeria’s national movement and warning that anticolonial victories could harden into bureaucratic rule.