Politisation sous contrainte et politisation de la contrainte : outsiders politiques et outsiders de la ville au Maroc

Abstract

This Moroccan field study allows the experience of politicization amongst some families of victims of the “years of lead” to be compared with that of some shantytown inhabitants. In both cases, politicization draws on the intimate sphere. It takes place via a redefinition of the limits of public and private, identification with an “us” and reappropriation of the terms of human rights discourse. The analysis underscores the ambivalence of phenomena of politicization. While authoritarianism has recourse to depoliticization, the practical mastery of this grammar allows the dominated to come to terms with an imposed political order. The avoidance of polemical discourse and deconflictualization of demands are vectors of individual politicization. The latter can thus not be solely understood in terms of conflict. &#9632