FIGHT THE BORDER: KABYLIA AS AN EXAMPLE
FIGHT THE BORDER: KABYLIA AS AN EXAMPLE

Summary/Abstract: “Fight the border: the example of Kabylia” is the title of this article which examines a question rarely dealt with in the academic field of political science because it involves exploring the region (Kabylia) as being a revealer of state thinking. Thus, fighting for community identity appears for the common sense, as an ambiguous desire to achieve a regionalist and /or nationalist affirmation. The purpose of this article is to highlight the nature, conditions and social, geographical, historical and political specificities of Kabylia as a distinct region. It is a way to clarify the cause-and-effect relationship that permanently links with “the Kabyle myth”. Also, it is a question of showing, through the example of Kabylia, how the regional peculiarity can contribute to discover the importance of the internal territorial limits in the collective unconscious of the group and to understand their impact in the political field.

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