Pied noir culture contained a capacity for reflex violence.

Evidence

Together with Susini they shared to the full one of the commoner and less attractive characteristics of the pied noir, that capacity for reflex violence and brutal action so penetratingly exemplified by Camus’ “Outsider”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1069

Categorization

• XREF: Camus’ Outsider as ethnographic key to settler psychology — connects to the reader’s interest in colonial subjects’ mindset. — connects to: The pied noir lobby immediately demanded violent suppression of the revolt; Pied noir vigilantes summarily executed Muslims during the reprisal backlash.; Pied noir racism toward Algerians was rooted in indifference rather than overt hatred — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 161 (+1 more)

Related

• The pied noir lobby immediately demanded violent suppression of the revolt (similarity 0.85)
• Mediterranean sun and excess shaped the pied noir temperament more than Cartesian reason (similarity 0.83)
• Pied noir racism toward Algerians was rooted in indifference rather than overt hatred (similarity 0.81)
• Pied noir soldiers balked at shooting Muslim demonstrators to save Algérie française (similarity 0.80)
• Muslims and pieds noirs were separated by incompatible religious, cultural and economic orientations (similarity 0.79)
• Pied noir civilians treated a deadly frontier battle as a public spectacle. (similarity 0.79)
• Pied noir settlers related to Algerians through indifference and paternalism (similarity 0.79)
• Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Pied noir racism toward Algerians was rooted in indifference rather than overt hatred #complicates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 161
• Pied noir settlers related to Algerians through indifference and paternalism #complicates (0.60)