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During the 1960s and 70s, Morocco be- tension that was in some respects in-
As the title of the book suggests, in Le theoretical contribution; it is a notion acterized by bargaining, as is the case with
Fadma Ait Mous proche et le lointain, Rachik shuttles be- which carries several dimensions such as traditional souks, conclude that the Mo-
tween what is ‘close’ and what is ‘distant’ fieldwork duration and proficiency in local roccan is a negotiator.
is an Assistant Professor at Hassan II while positioning himself as a Moroccan languages. The author does not try to pri- Unlike some postmodernist researchers,
University in Casablanca, Morocco. anthropologist based in Morocco. He oritize or single out the best ethnographic Rachik does not reject generalizations. He
Her research is mainly focused on clearly points out that a ‘native’ position situation, but instead to see what any such warns of binary oppositions and extreme
nationalism and social movements, could sometimes constitute a constraint in situation could possibly allow for in terms positions, whether these relate to cultural-
gender and socio-political the study of one’s own culture and society. of the degree or range of observation. For ist generalizations or denial of any gener-
transformations, history and memory, By describing the conditions affecting the instance, a traveler who does not speak alization, for that matter. Rachik is in sup-
social media, citizenship and migration. processes of knowledge production by local language would interact less with port of a conditional generalization; that is
She recently published (with Driss Ksikes) these authors, Rachik further asserts that people but would be more inclined, given to say, a generalization which explicitly
Le métier d’intellectuel: Dialogues avec the production of the anthropological dis- the situation, to favor external description outlines sociological and cultural condi-
quinze penseurs du Maroc (2014). course depends mainly on academic stan- of housing, clothing, weapons, and other tions of its relevance.
email: a_fadma@yahoo.com dards rather than political factors. This par- accessories. This book goes beyond the limits of a
ticular insight is, in itself, a deconstruction Le proche et le lointain also examines an- country to be part of a comprehensive his-
of the essentialism that informs both colo- thropological generalizations with regard tory of anthropology as a discipline. It is a
nial and nationalist approaches in dealing to mind, character or soul. Rachik shows theoretical contribution to the under-
with the anthropological legacy. how these generalizations are constructed standing of the evolution of anthropolog-
As such, Rachik’s work has much to offer and what their limits are. Geertz and other ical perspectives on the culture of the Oth-
scholarship in a variety of ways. The notion American anthropologists, for example, in er, a reflection on the near and the distant.
of “ethnographic situation” is a substantial their descriptions of some situations char-
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