La monarquía alauí, símbolo identitario de la nación marroquí: legitimidad histórica e instrumentalización política

• Main Author: Rocío Velasco de Castro es doctora en Estudios Árabes e Islámicos, Experta Profesional en Cultura, Civilización y Religión Islámicas, y Especialista Universitaria en las relaciones de España con el Norte de África.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Diacronie 2013-12-01
• Series: Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea
• Subjects: Morocco; colonialism; nationalism; Moroccan monarchy; alawite dynasty; Marruecos; colonialismo; nacionalismo; monarquía marroquí; dinastía alauí; Marocco; nazionalismo; monarchia marocchina; dinastia alawita
• Online Access: http://www.studistorici.com/2013/12/29/velascodecastro_numero_16/
• ISSN: 2038-0925; 2038-0925

The alawite hegemonic role of the Monarchy in Morocco and the identification between the King and the Nation are the result of a long process of reinforcement and instrumentalization of the image and powers conferred to the monarch in his dual capacity as a religious chief and a political authority and guarantor of territorial integrity of the Kingdom. The purpose of this paper is to analyze mechanisms used to consolidate this privileged position during the pre-colonial period, the struggle of a nationalism led by the throne and the achievement of independence.