"Contemporary Moroccan Thought offers a breathtakingly interdisciplinary survey of a rich debate on philosophy, theology, society, politics and culture. Mohammed Hashas’ intriguing preface and introduction make a strong case for considering this tradition in a national context, with an innovative typology of ‘near-far-other,’ which invites comparative work and provides myriad inroads for scholars of modern Morocco." - Michaelle L. Browers, Wake Forest University, North Carolina, author of Democracy and Civil Society in Arab Political Thought
"This is an invaluable work that is appearing at the right time. Hashas’ long, learned introduction is especially useful as a guide to the volume as a whole. With his essay and the rest of the studies the work is almost encyclopaedic in its coverage and will be mined by advanced students and seasoned scholars from a wide range of humanities disciplines for many years for insights on the whole atmosphere of thought in the Maghrib, the approaches of specific Maghribi thinkers, and details of key moments in Moroccan intellectual history. A necessary work in the collection of any researcher into the intellectual history of the Maghribi and Islamic world." - Shamil Jeppie, University of Cape Town, author of Language, Identity, Modernity: The Arabic Study Circle of Durban
"This is a valuable and much needed addition to the field of contemporary Arab intellectual history. Hashas has put together first-rate essays on major and diverse figures of contemporary Moroccan thought. Together, they invite the reader to explore the wide range of themes and disciplines that Moroccan thinkers have been delving into and also to critically assess the edge that they might represent in the larger regional context." - Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, author of Contemporary Arab Thought: Cultural Critique in Comparative Perspective