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Symbolic Confrontations

Muslims Imagining the State in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction: Muslims Imagining the State in Africa

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 1-29

  3. Muslims Confronting the State

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Supping With the Devil

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 32-48

    3. Sufi Symbolism and the State in Senegal, 1975–81

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 49-63

    4. Taking on the Town

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 64-91

    5. Coping with the Christians?

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 92-117

  4. Around the State Community, Culture, Evasion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The Shadow-Politics of Wolofisation

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 120-140

    3. The Showman and the State in Francophone Africa

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 141-154

    4. Where Has the Lost Generation Gone?

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 155-176

  5. Engaging with the State Democratic Dimensions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Wails and Whispers

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 178-192

    3. Renegotiating the Senegalese Social Contract

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 193-213

    4. Does Democracy Require an Opposition Party?

      • Donal B. Cruise O’Brien
      Pages 214-233

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 235-243
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About this book

Donal Cruise O'Brien is a leading authority on Islam in Africa. This is a collection of his writing over the last 30 years, some significantly rewritten to render this a coherent book to use for teaching about the interplay between politics and Islam in Africa. The author's main argument is that much of politics in Africa is negotiated through use of symbols, and can not be separated from the religious origins and the systems of belief from which they originate. The book focuses on Senegal, a fascinating example of the spread of Muslim brotherhoods and their overarching influence on the construction and decision-making processes of the state.
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