A few thoughts on Tunisia's importation of the French far-right's notion of the "Great Replacement" since I was talking about how certain Western ideas of race have been appropriated by pseudo-scientists and/or politicians in the MENA region in class today. 2) Scientific racism has long been adapted by nationalists in the region for their own political ends (esp after WWI). The fact of being from the global south does not make one an "ideologically pure" subject who only uses "indigenous" tools.

Since a number of folks were interested in how the "Mediterranean" 🌊 was an imagined geography rooted in colonialism (see ch. 2 of my book with @DukePress for the longer version), I've decided to do a 🧵on some key moments of this history with bibliographic references. 1/ One major theorist of the Mediterranean, Fernand Braudel taught secondary school in Algiers between 1923 and 1932. Claude Liauzu argues that Braudel viewed Islam as an "intruder" and notes the orientalist tendencies in his writing (also see Omar Carlier).

"Markets of Civilization," is officially out with @DukeUniversity Press! It studies economic development in colonial and post-colonial Algeria 🇩🇿 through the lens of racial capitalism. A 🧵on the book w/a discount code and info on upcoming book talks ⬇️. (1/10) I argue religion that Islam became the foundation for a "racial regime of religion" in the 19th century. Religion was more than a question of personal belief in colonial Algeria (a settler colony). It dictated access to property, citizenship, and markets. (2/10)