Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara: Islam, Spiritual Mediation, and Social Change (African Studies, Series Number 159)

Erin Pettigrew

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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'h...

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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'h?ja¯b - 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-- Provided By Publisher.
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Cambridge University Press

Idiomas

Inglês

Número de páginas

368

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Capa Mole / Paperback

Data de lançamento

05/09/2024

Comprimento

15.2

Altura

22.9

Peso

494.0

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9781009224567

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