Question

To what does Donadey's use of the phrase 'syndrome d'Algérie' refer (1999)?

1) A collective state of national amnesia that refuses to remember the historical trauma of Algerian colonization and decolonization
2) A series of stages in the process of overcoming grief in response to the historical trauma of Algerian colonization and decolonization
3) An obsessional stage in which the memory of the trauma of Algerian colonization and decolonization is replayed over and again

Answer 1

Donadey's use of the phrase 'syndrome d'Algérie' refers to a collective state of national amnesia in relation to the historical trauma of Algerian colonization and decolonization.

Step-by-step explanation:

Donadey's use of the phrase 'syndrome d'Algérie' refers to option 1) A collective state of national amnesia that refuses to remember the historical trauma of Algerian colonization and decolonization.