The Secret Politics of the Sufi
Author | : Abdelilah Bouasria |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 690 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Sufism |
ISBN | : |
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Since the very politically prohibitive Boutchichi discourse needs to describe in detailed manner how politics corrupts the soul, it displays a political knowledge so big that it redefines it in its own occult and esoteric terms. Kryptopolitics goes beyond the informal and hidden levels, since it argues that the height of political activism is achieved through eloquent silence and lucid dreams. If the quantitative survey of 634 Sufi members randomly sampled reveals that AWI is the competitor of the Boutchichi order in the Sufi market, a six-year fieldwork participant observation approach unveils the great invisible Boutchichi insurgency potential. Abdessalam Yassine, AWI's leader, is unveiled as the avatar of Sidi Hamza, the head of the Boutchichi order, in the sphere of politics. The state counteracts kryptopolitics not in its invisible realm but precisely by rendering its secret too visible.