Vol. 9 (10) pp. 350-357 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/13554

SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PRE-MODERN NATION IN MOROCCO

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  • Doctoral Student, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, University Hassan II, Ben Msik Casablanca, Morocco.
  • Professor, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, University Hassan II, Ben Msik Casablanca, Morocco.
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Abstract

This study investigates school textbooks with a focus on a pre-modern nation construction in Morocco. It seeks to detect the cultural symbols via which the pre-modern nation is formed. Using a deductive approach, social studies textbooks of middle school are analyzed.Drawing on the Ethno-Symbolist conceptual framework to nation formation which is developed by Anthony Smith, this study highlights the significant role of textbooks in nation-building.It suggests that the textbooks construct a pre-modern nation of Morocco out of an Arab-Muslim cultural repertoire. The research recommends changes to the content of the textbooks to adopt a multi-cultural approach, which would accommodate cultural funds of Amazigh and Jewish ethnic groups in the national narratives.

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Jamal Saidi and Khalid Lahlou (2021); SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PRE-MODERN NATION IN MOROCCO, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 9 (10), 350-357, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/13554

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Jamal Saidi
Phd student, 1Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, University Hassan II, Ben Msik Casablanca, Morocco
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