Ethnographic State

France and the Invention of Moroccan Islam

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Alone among Muslim countries, Morocco is known for its national form of Islam, "Moroccan Islam." This path-breaking study, however, reveals that Moroccan Islam was actually invented in the early twentieth century by French ethnographers and colonial officers who were influenced by British colonial practices in India. Between 1900 and 1920, these researchers compiled a social inventory of Morocco, which in turn led to the emergence of a new object of study, Moroccan Islam, and a new field, Moroccan Studies. In the process they reinvented Morocco as a modern polity and resurrected the monarchy. This book will be of interest to scholars and readers interested in questions around orientalism and empire, colonialism and modernity, and the invention of traditions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-09-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520273818

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Islam inom Filosofi och religion
Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Edmund Burke III is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the author or editor of many works, including Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East (UC Press).

Recensioner i media

"4/5 ... Highly engaging." -- Kevin Winter San Francisco Book Review "La composition brillamment degagee par l'auteur." ("Brilliantly clear composition by the author.") -- Mehdi Sakatni lectures "The Ethnographic State is a significant contribution to Moroccan studies and to the history of imperialism in North Africa... For students of Morocco, Burke's work is critical." American Historical Review

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Map Introduction: Inventing Moroccan Islam PART ONE ETHNOGRAPHIC MOROCCO 1 France and the Sociology of Islam, 1798--1890 2 The Algerian Origins of Moroccan Studies, 1890--1903 3 The Political Origins of the Moroccan Colonial Archive 4 When Paradigms Shift: Political and Discursive Contexts of the Moroccan Question 5 Tensions of Empire, 1900--1912 PART TWO NATIVE POLICY MOROCCO 6 Social Research in the Technocolony, 1912--1925 7 Berber Policy: Tribe and State 8 Urban Policy: Fez and the Muslim City PART THREE GOVERNMENTAL MOROCCO 9 The Invention of Moroccan Islam 10 From the Ethnographic State to Moroccan Islam Abbreviations Notes A Note on Sources Bibliography Index