Historiens de l'Espagne, historiens du Maghreb au XIXe siècle : comparaison des stéréotypes

摘要

Historians of Spain, historians of the Maghreb: a comparative study of 19th-century stereotypes. M. García-Arenal. This article presents and analyses the nearly similar stereotypes and clichés found in 19th-century historical texts relating to Spain and Morocco. The stereotypes are compared and discussed on the basis of two assumptions. First, the centers of power explain and interpret their own periphery using identical arguments, which actually reflect the very image they want to project of themselves. Secondly, the interpretations made by these centers of power are internalized by the historians and thinkers of the two countries, feeding a nationalistic, reactionary, even fundamentalist discourse.