Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal

Name: Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal
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ISBN: 9780231162630

ISBN-10: 0231162634

ISBN-13: 9780231162630

Edition: 2013

Authors: Mamadou Diouf

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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. Through a rich and nuanced historical ethnography of the formation of Senegalese democracy, this anthology illuminates the complex trajectory of the Senegalese state and its reflection of similar postcolonial societies.…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 1/8/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.52" wide x 8.94" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



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Introduction: The Public Role of the "Good Islam": Sufi Islam and the Administration of Pluralism




A Secular Age and the World of Islam




Islam's New Visibility and the Secular Public in Senegal




Dakar's Sunnite Women: The Dialectic of Submission and Defiance in a Globalizing City




Sovereign Islam in a Secular State: Hidden Knowledge and Sufi Governance Among "Taalibe Baay"




The Senegalese "Social Contract" Revisited: The Muridiyya Muslim Order and State Politics in Postcolonial Senegal




Religious and Cultural Pluralism in Senegal: Accommodation Through "Proportional Equidistance"?




Islam, the "Originaires," and the Making of Public Space in a Colonial City: Saint-Louis of Senegal




Stateness, Democracy, and Respect: Senegal in Comparative Perspective




Negotiating Islam in the Era of Democracy: Senegal in Comparative Regional Perspective



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