Jihad and its Interpretation in Pre-Colonial Morocco: State-Society Relations during the French Conquest of Algeria - Brossura

Bennison, Amira K.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1138869910 ISBN 13: 9781138869912

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2015

Riassunto

This book investigates the importance of waging jihad for legitimacy in pre-colonial Morocco. It counters colonial interpretations of the pre-colonial Moroccan sultanate as hopelessly divided into territories of 'obedience' and 'dissidence' by suggesting that state-society warfare was one aspect of a constant process of political negotiation. Detailed analysis of state and society interpretations of jihad during the critical period of the French conquest of Algeria clearly shows this process at play and its steady evolution in the context of increasing European pressure, which culminated in the imposition of the French protectorate in 1912.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Amira Bennison is lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge where she teaches on the Maghrib and the modern Middle East. Her research interests include religious and political thought in the nineteenth century Maghrib, historical interactions between Islam and modernity, and Islamic socio-cultural landscapes.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1138869910
• ISBN 13: 9781138869912
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 224