Invoking the invisible in the Sahara: Islam, spiritual mediation, and social change
"In this innovative new history, Erin Pettigrew utilizes invisible forces and entities - esoteric knowledge and spirits - to show how these forms of knowledge and unseen forces have shaped social structures, religious norms, and political power in the Saharan West. Situating this ethnographic h...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2023
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African studies (159)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | African studies
159 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mauretanien
/ Sahara
/ Islam
/ Occultism
/ Belief in spirits
/ Social change
/ History
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements BJ Islam KBN Sub-Saharan Africa TA History |
| Further subjects: | B
Islamic occultism (Mauritania)
B Mauritania History, Local B Africa / Generals / HISTORY B Islamic occultism (Western Sahara) B Western Sahara History, Local B Supernatural Religious aspects Islam |
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| Summary: | "In this innovative new history, Erin Pettigrew utilizes invisible forces and entities - esoteric knowledge and spirits - to show how these forms of knowledge and unseen forces have shaped social structures, religious norms, and political power in the Saharan West. Situating this ethnographic history in what became la Mauritanie under French colonial rule and, later the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Pettigrew traces the changing roles of Muslim spiritual mediators and their Islamic esoteric sciences - known locally as l'ḥjāb - over the long-term history of the region. By exploring the impact of the immaterial in the material world and demonstrating the importance of Islamic esoteric sciences in Saharan societies, she illuminates peoples' enduring reliance upon these sciences in their daily lives and argues for a new approach to historical research that takes the immaterial seriously"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1009224611 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781009224581 |