Master and Disciple The Cultural Foundations of Moroccan Authoritarianism

Name: Master and Disciple The Cultural Foundations of Moroccan Authoritarianism
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ISBN: 9780226315287

ISBN-10: 0226315282

ISBN-13: 9780226315287

Edition: 1997

Authors: Abdellah Hammoudi

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In the postcolonial era, Arab societies have been ruled by a variety of authoritarian regimes. Focusing on his native Morocco, Abdellah Hammoudi explores the ideological and cultural foundations of this persistent authoritarianism. Building on the work of Foucault, Hammoudi argues that at the heart of Moroccan culture lies a paradigm of authority that juxtaposes absolute authority against absolute submission. Rooted in Islamic mysticism, this paradigm can be observed in the drama of mystic initiation, with its fundamental dialectic between Master and Disciple; in conflict with other cultural forms, and reelaborated in colonial and postcolonial circumstances, it informs all major aspects…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Foundations of Monarchical Authority and Forms of Exercise of Power: Toward a Redefinition of the Moroccan Political System



Dar-al-Mulk as Discourse and Practice of Power: The Cultural Schemata of Domination and Submission before the Colonial Conquest



Master and Disciple: Identifying a Historical Diagram and the Sources of Its Sanctification



The Colonial Elaboration of Authoritarianism



The Cultural Schema, Its Salience, and the Structural Tension It Mediates



On the Comparative Potential of the Paradigm


Notes


Index