Knowledge and Power in Morocco: The Education of a Twentieth-Century Notable

Eickelman, Dale F.

ISBN 10: 0691094152 / ISBN 13: 9780691094151

Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1985

About this Item

225 x 150mm. pp. 201. English text. A study of the systems of traditional education in Moroco. Bound in original black boards. Housed in light blue and cream pictorial dust jacket. Library marks to f.e.p, base of page 43 and base of spine of dust jacket. Light light bumping and marking to dust jacket. Binding strong. No underlining.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge and Power in Morocco: The Education of a Twentieth-Century Notable
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691094152
• ISBN 13: 9780691094151
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Hardback Edition.
• Condition: Very Good -
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -
• Book Type: Ex-Library
• Seller catalogs:
  • Africa

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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