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Master and Disciple (Hardcover)
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Master and Disciple (Hardcover)
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In the postcolonial era, Arab societies have been ruled by a
variety of authoritarian regimes. Focusing on his native Morocco,
Abdellah Hammoudi explores the ideological and cultural foundations
of this persistent authoritarianism.
Building on the work of Foucault, Hammoudi argues that at the heart
of Moroccan culture lies a paradigm of authority that juxtaposes
absolute authority against absolute submission. Rooted in Islamic
mysticism, this paradigm can be observed in the drama of mystic
initiation, with its fundamental dialectic between Master and
Disciple; in conflict with other cultural forms, and reelaborated
in colonial and postcolonial circumstances, it informs all major
aspects of Moroccan personal, political, and gender relations. Its
influence is so pervasive and so firmly embedded that it ultimately
legitimizes the authoritarian structure of power. Hammoudi contends
that as long as the Master-Disciple dialectic remains the dominant
paradigm of power relations, male authoritarianism will prevail as
the dominant political form.
"Connecting political domination to gift exchange, ritual
initiation, social loyalty, and gender reversals, "Master and
Disciple" is nothing less than a thoroughgoing revision of our
understanding of authoritarian rule in Morocco and in the Arab
world in general."2;Clifford Geertz, Institute for Advanced Study
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