Islamic society and state power in Senegal : disciples and citizens in Fatick
The Sufi Muslim orders to which the vast majority of Senegalese belong are the most significant institutions of social organization in the country. While studies of Islam and politics have tended to focus on the destabilizing force of religiously based groups, Leonardo Villalon argues that in Senega...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge New York:
Cambridge University Press,
1995.
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| Series: | African studies series;
80 |
Table of Contents:
- Map of Senegal
- Introduction: good Africans, good citizens, good Muslims
- 1. Islam in the politics of state-society relations
- 2. The structure of society: Fatick in the Senegalese context
- 3. The state-citizen relationship: struggle over bridges
- 4. The marabout-disciple relationship I: foundations of recruiting and following
- 5. The marabout-disciple relationship II: the structures of allegiance
- 6. The state-marabout relationship: collaboration, conflict, and alternatives
- 7. Bureaucrats, marabouts, and citizen-disciples: how precarious a balance?