Culture and Counterculture in Moroccan Politics

by Entelis, John P.

• ISBN13: 9780761803928
• ISBN10: 0761803920
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-08-15
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Culture and politics in Morocco are an interactive blend of conflict and congruence. John P. Entelis argues that no single form defines Morocco's national identity and identifies four cultural patterns--monarchial, modernist, militarist, and messianic--that compete with each other yet share strong ties to an overriding cultural core of 'Muslim consensus'. This consensus explains much of the country's success in reconciling cultural differences in a relatively nonviolent manner and in creating a pluralistic, open and populist society. Entelis argues that Morocco, at a critical juncture in its postindependence history, may be able to overcome challenges from international pressures and socioeconomic problems because of its cultural harmony. Previously published in 1989 by Westview Press.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction	1	(22)
Cultural Strands	4	(7)
The Muslim Consensues	11	(2)
System Challenges	13	(5)
Theoretical Alternatives: Political Culture Versus Political Economy	18	(5)
2 General Cultural Patterns	23	(20)
The Moroccan Personality	26	(2)
Primordialism	28	(6)
Islam	34	(3)
Moroccan Islam	37	(6)
3 Culture and Politics	43	(32)
Cognitive Dimension: Structural and Substantive	46	(18)
Evaluative Dimension	64	(5)
Affective Dimension	69	(6)
4 Subcultures	75	(30)
Vertically Sturctured Subcultures	79	(8)
Horizontally Structured Subcultures	87	(3)
Institutional Subcultures	90	(10)
Culture and Foreign Policy	100	(5)
5 Cultural Continuity and Change	105	(16)
Socialization Patterns	107	(7)
Institutions	114	(3)
International Influences	117	(4)
6 Culture, Counterculture, and Politics: Summary and Forecasts	121	(12)
References and Bibliography	133	(16)
Index	149