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Knowledge and Power in Morocco: The Education of a Twentieth-Century Notable (Princeton Studies on the Near East)
Knowledge and Power in Morocco The Education of a TwentiethCentury Notable - Princeton Studies on the Near East Author:Dale F. Eickelman 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 ... more »ar-Rahman, supplementing our knowledge of resurgent militant Islamic movements by describing other popularly supported Islamic attitudes toward the contemporary world. "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« less