Philippeville’s backlash drove moderate Muslim deputies to repudiate integration

Evidence

The first, and perhaps most disappointing, blow came on 26 September when sixty-one Muslim second college deputies signed a statement repudiating “integration”. Denouncing “blind repression” and “collective responsibility” as a cause of their dissatisfaction, they declared the concept of integration to be “now out-dated”, adding: “The overwhelming majority of the population now supports the Algerian national idea.” The impact of Philippeville and its ensuing backlash was clear here, and moderate Muslim leaders had been left in no doubt that the assassination of Ferhat Abbas’s nephew had been intended as a warning for them. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 391

Categorization

• XREF: Shows the massacre’s fallout destroying the very integration policy Soustelle championed — a causal chain the reader is tracking. — connects to: Moderate Muslim and European integrationists were driven from the field after Philippeville; Liberal moderates in Algeria became revolutionaries through successive disillusionments — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 110; France’s rejection of moderate Algerian reformers radicalized them into revolutionaries — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 115 (+2 more)

Related

• Moderate Muslim and European integrationists were driven from the field after Philippeville (similarity 0.95)
• Pressure from the settler right and Paris politics crushed moderate reform from both sides (similarity 0.85)
• Liberal moderates in Algeria became revolutionaries through successive disillusionments (similarity 0.83)
• Defeated reformism pushed moderate nationalists toward the F.L.N. and total independence (similarity 0.83)
• French rejection of moderates repeatedly drove them toward revolutionary extremism (similarity 0.82)
• France’s rejection of moderate Algerian reformers radicalized them into revolutionaries (similarity 0.82)
• Repeated disillusion pushed liberal moderates toward revolutionary extremism (similarity 0.81)
• The Philippeville massacre was a net gain for the F.L.N. despite its horror (similarity 0.81)
• The Philippeville massacre proved a strategic net gain for the F.L.N. (similarity 0.81)
• France’s refusal to restrain settler fascism drove liberal Algerians to the F.L.N. (similarity 0.81)
• Loyal Muslim caids were alienated by France’s abolition of their system (similarity 0.80)
• French repression pushed postwar Algerian nationalism toward armed extremism (similarity 0.80)
• Soustelle’s moderate third path was squeezed by both sides (similarity 0.80)
• Rural Algerians underwent a profound revolutionary politicization that French administrators could not reverse. (similarity 0.79)
• Philippeville’s slaughter convinced the F.L.N. that terror paid strategically (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• French rejection of moderates repeatedly drove them toward revolutionary extremism #corroborates (0.75)
• Liberal moderates in Algeria became revolutionaries through successive disillusionments #corroborates (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 110
• France’s rejection of moderate Algerian reformers radicalized them into revolutionaries #corroborates (0.65) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 115
• Brutal French reprisals backfired by deepening Algerian hatred of France #corroborates (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 525