World Philosophy Atlas
Algiers
- Algiers
Algiers, the capital of Algeria under French colonial rule, shaped two very different French-language philosophers. Albert Camus wrote his graduate thesis at the University of Algiers, organised a theatre company in the city that staged avant-garde and political plays, and worked on the newspaper Alger républicain from October 1938 to January 1940 before moving to France. Jacques Derrida was born in El-Biar, a suburb of Algiers, on 15 July 1930, and left for Paris in 1949. In 1953 Frantz Fanon took up a psychiatric post at the Blida-Joinville hospital elsewhere in Algeria.
When
- 1930–1956 Late colonial Algeria From Derrida's birth to Fanon's break with the colonial service.
Schools and institutions
- University of Algiers Where Camus wrote his graduate thesis.
Thinkers
- Albert Camus 1913 – 1960studied here, 1940 (Graduate thesis at the University of Algiers; ran a theatre company and worked on Alger républicain until January 1940.)
- Jacques Derrida 1930 – 2004born here, 1930 (Born in El-Biar, a suburb of Algiers, on 15 July 1930; moved to Paris in 1949.)
- Pierre Bourdieu 1930 – 2002worked here, 1958–1960 (Lecturer and researcher at the University of Algiers.)
Sources: SEP: Albert Camus · SEP: Jacques Derrida · IEP: Frantz Fanon · Britannica: Pierre Bourdieu