Knowledge and Power in Morocco: The Education of a Twentieth-Century Notable (Princeton Studies on the Near East, 1)

Dale F. Eickelman

ISBN 10: 069102555X / ISBN 13: 9780691025551

Published by Princeton University Press, 1992

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A clean crisp well preserved 1992 recent printing Princeton University Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. This intensive social biography of a rural Moroccan judge discusses Islamic education, the concept of knowledge it embodies, and its communication from the early years of colonial rule in twentieth-century Morocco to the present. The work sensitively combines the outlooks and perceptions of the author and those of the shrewd and reflective `Abd ar-Rahman, supplementing our knowledge of resurgent militant Islamic movements by describing other popularly supported Islamic attitudes toward the contemporary world. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge and Power in Morocco: The Education of a Twentieth-Century Notable (Princeton Studies on the Near East, 1)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 069102555X
• ISBN 13: 9780691025551
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

This intensive social biography of a rural Moroccan judge discusses Islamic education, the concept of knowledge it embodies, and its communication from the early years of colonial rule in twentieth-century Morocco to the present. The work sensitively combines the outlooks and perceptions of the author and those of the shrewd and reflective `Abd ar-Rahman, supplementing our knowledge of resurgent militant Islamic movements by describing other popularly supported Islamic attitudes toward the contemporary world.

Review

"Eickelman is an astute and delicate storyteller. His narrative illuminates 'Abd al-Rahman's biography, as Michel Foucault says, at the 'point where power reaches into the very grain of individuals, touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, learning processes, and everyday lives.'"---Stephen William Foster, The Middle East Journal