Leaping Decolonization

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North Africa in the Global 1960s and 1970s

Idriss Jebari (Trinity College, Dublin)

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English

Cambridge University Press
19 February 2026

African history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; History of ideas; Press & journalism; Publishing industry

Series: The Global Middle East

In the wake of independence from French colonialism, a generation of North African nationalist leaders and progressive thinkers reimagined their futures through essays, periodicals, and publishing networks. Leaping Decolonization explores how these debates unfolded from the early 1960s to the early 1980s, when intellectuals across Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia challenged colonial legacies, questioned the meaning of progress, and redefined the role of tradition in their societies. Idriss Jebari constructs a transnational intellectual history grounded in the lived experience of the region's post-colonial transformations. It is organized in a series of 'debates' on the meaning of decolonization, ranging from national culture to social emancipation. This study further sheds light on how radical thought was produced under authoritarianism, seeking to capture the aspirations of youth movements, and how North Africa's decolonization connects with other historical experiences. In doing so, Jebari addresses ongoing questions about the meaning of global history and the voices of intellectual peripheries from the Global South on the world stage.

By: Idriss Jebari (Trinity College Dublin)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 655g
ISBN: 9781009700603
ISBN 10: 100970060X
Series: The Global Middle East
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 19 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Idriss Jebari is a Lecturer in Middle East Studies at Trinity College Dublin. His research focuses on North African cultural and social history after its independences from France, on the radical sixties and seventies, on collective memory in the Arab world, and contemporary Mediterranean history. His work has appeared in International Journal of Middle East Studies, Middle East Critique, and Comparative Studies of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Reviews for Leaping Decolonization: North Africa in the Global 1960s and 1970s

'This insightful and well-researched book situates a generation of scholars and writers in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia within Arab and global intellectual histories and studies of decolonization. Jebari's detailed readings and textual analyses mark an important contribution to understandings of revolution, development, culture and heritage across North Africa as they were articulated in dialogue with Beirut and Paris.' Amy Kallander, Syracuse University 'Leaping Pages of Decolonization takes us on a journey through the 'dusty books' and periodicals, an intellectual history of North African decolonization during the 1960s and 1970s. The story is fascinating, sympathetic and sophisticated, it centres on regional time and space but invites us to transcend boundaries of thought and borders. Focusing on the 'publishing infrastructure' makes an invaluable epistemic recovery of a unique extended moment of decolonization.' David Ryan, University College Cork, Ireland