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#2077320 in Books Edmund III Burke 2014-09-10Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.00 x 6.00l; .0 #File Name: 0520273818288 pagesThe Ethnographic State France and the Invention of Moroccan Islam
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. France MoroccoBy Customer"The Ethnographic State: France and the Invention of Moroccan Islam" examines the underpinnings of the French protectorate in Morocco (1912-1956). Although the notion of a European nation “protecting†a non-European one was not new; Morocco under soldier-administrator-proconsul Hubert Lyautey (1854-1934) was to be something special. As one candidate for a top administrative post put it; yes; he had worked in a protectorate before; but not in “the protectorate.â€Burke’s expert account of what France knew (and did not know) about Morocco and how this affected everything it did for 40 years is a cautionary tale. Convinced of their superiority in body; mind; and spirit and everything that constituted the advanced material and technical world of the 20th century; the French claimed to bring a new and “scientific imperialism†to Morocco. What this meant and how it was applied (and often mis-applied) to the conquest and rule of the people; places; and things of Morocco is the key element in Burke’s engaging story. As the title proclaims; France built the protectorate on its understanding of Morocco’s ethnographic realities. In their process of nation-building (or state-protecting) and as an element in the notion of “indirect rule;†Frenchmen “invented†an Islam rooted in the spiritual and political authority of the Moroccan sultan. In exploring why and how all this happened; "The Ethnographic State" probes the foundations and legacies of empires both past and present. It is a very good and very important read!
