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In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities: An Essay on the History and Politics of the French Algerian War
Jean-Paul Sartre exposes how the so-called 'silent majority' during the French Algerian War was anything but innocent bystanders. Their silence was a political act that enabled violence and oppression to persist. How does staying quiet become complicity? Sartre’s essay forces us to confront that uncomfortable truth.
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