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Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal
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Description for Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal
Hardback. Editor(s): Diouf, Mamadou. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
This collection critically examines "tolerance," "secularism," and respect for religious "diversity" within a social and political system dominated by Sufi brotherhoods. Through a detailed analysis of Senegal's political economy, essays trace the genealogy and dynamic exchange among these concepts while investigating public spaces and political processes and their reciprocal engagement with the state, Sunni reformist and radical groups, and non-religious organizations. The anthology provides a rich and nuanced historical ethnography of the formation of Senegalese democracy, illuminating the complex trajectory of the Senegalese state and reflecting on similar postcolonial societies. Offering rare perspectives on the country's "successes" since liberation, the ... Read more
This collection critically examines "tolerance," "secularism," and respect for religious "diversity" within a social and political system dominated by Sufi brotherhoods. Through a detailed analysis of Senegal's political economy, essays trace the genealogy and dynamic exchange among these concepts while investigating public spaces and political processes and their reciprocal engagement with the state, Sunni reformist and radical groups, and non-religious organizations. The anthology provides a rich and nuanced historical ethnography of the formation of Senegalese democracy, illuminating the complex trajectory of the Senegalese state and reflecting on similar postcolonial societies. Offering rare perspectives on the country's "successes" since liberation, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Religion, Culture and Public Life
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231162623
SKU
V9780231162623
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About Diouf
Mamadou Diouf is the Leitner Family Professor of African Studies and History at Columbia University. His many publications include New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal: Conversion, Migration, Wealth, Power, and Femininity, coedited with Mara A. Liechtman and Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World: Rituals and Remembrances, coedited with Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo.
Reviews for Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal
A very original project that sheds light on the relations between Sufism and democracy in Senegal, West Africa, and globally by combining successful, high-quality articles from history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and religious studies.
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