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

by Dale F. Eickelman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069102555X
• ISBN13: 9780691025551
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.1"