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Book SynopsisIn the postcolonial era, Arab societies have been ruled by a variety of authoritarian regimes. Focusing on his native Morocco and building on the work of Foucault, the author of this text explores the ideological and cultural foundations of this persistent authoritarianism.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Foundations of Monarchical Authority and Forms of Exercise of Power: Toward a Redefinition of the Moroccan Political System 2: Dar-al-Mulk as Discourse and Practice of Power: The Cultural Schemata of Domination and Submission before the Colonial Conquest 3: Master and Disciple: Identifying a Historical Diagram and the Sources of Its Sanctification 4: The Colonial Elaboration of Authoritarianism 5: The Cultural Schema, Its Salience, and the Structural Tension It Mediates 6: On the Comparative Potential of the Paradigm Notes Index
