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Paper short abstract:

We will be talk about the gradual change in the status of anthropology: after it was completely rejected, it is now taught in Algerian universities and recognized in academies. This is what we will see in this scientific article. We will detail the process of this science.

Paper long abstract:

Algeria knew anthropology through the military studies presented by the French military class during the occupation of Algeria, and it was even called “colonial anthropology”.

Because it was the military class that was interested in this type of study to know the conditions and circumstances of the local population, it was therefore a strategy to overcome popular resistance in Algeria during the first years of the French occupation from Algeria.

These anthropological studies provided a comprehensive overview of Algerian society and its conditions during the occupation and the machinations to which it was subjected by a “civilized” state.

What we can see is that these anthropological studies did not carry with them anthropological science in itself. On the contrary, we find that the abundance of literature in this area includes a significant amount of information interspersed with non-scientific analyses, according to its authors. to their status and the intended political objectives, supplemented by military personnel, in particular officers and administrators, using the anthropology dominant at the time in European laboratories, which disdained the cultures of non-European peoples and non-Christian religions, all in the service of specific objectives aimed at consolidating European colonial cultural hegemony.

Then, over time and changing conditions, the status of anthropology gradually changed: it became taught in Algerian universities and recognized in academies. Here is what we will see in this scientific article. We will detail the process of this science.