Bennison Jihad and its Interpretation in Pre-Colonial Morocco

State-Society Relations during the French Conquest of Algeria
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-135-78814-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennison, Amira K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Evolution of the Sharifian Jihad State of Morocca

Chapter 3. French Colonialism and Sharifian Expansion in Algiers

Chapter 4. An Ambivalent Alliance: Morocco and 'Abd al-Qadir's Jihad

Chapter 5. The French War to Conquer Algeria and the 'Alawi Jihad (1840-1845)

Chapter 6. Mawley 'Abd al-Rahman's 'Holy War' against the 'Rebellion' of 'Abd al-Qadir

Chapter 7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

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.