Paths of accommodation : Muslim societies and French colonial authorities in Senegal and Mauritania, 1880-1920
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Paths of accommodation : Muslim societies and French colonial authorities in Senegal and Mauritania, 1880-1920
（Western African studies）
Ohio University Press , James Curry, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-349) and index
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ISBN 9780821413531
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Between 1880 and 1920, Muslim Sufi orders became pillars of the colonial regimes and economies of Senegal and Mauritania. In Paths of Accommodation, David Robinson examines the ways in which the leaders of the orders negotiated relations with the Federation of French West Africa in order to preserve autonomy within the religious, social, and economic realms while abandoning the political sphere to their non-Muslim rulers.
This was a striking development because the local inhabitants had a strong sense of belonging to the Dar al-Islam, the "world of Islam" in which Muslims ruled themselves.
Drawing from a wide variety of archival, oral, and Arabic sources, Robinson describes the important roles played by Muslim merchants and the mulatto community of St. Louis, Senegal. He also examines the impact of the electoral institutions established by the Third Republic, and the French effort to develop a reputation as a "Muslim power"-a European imperial nation with a capacity for ruling over Islamic subjects.
By charting the similarities and differences of the trajectories followed by leading groups within the region as they responded to the colonial regimes, Robinson provides an understanding of the relationship between knowledge and power, the concepts of civil society and hegemony, and the transferability of symbolic, economic, and social capital.
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Between 1880 and 1920, Muslim Sufi orders became pillars of the colonial regimes and economies of Senegal and Mauritania. In Paths of Accommodation, David Robinson examines the ways in which the leaders of the orders negotiated relations with the Federation of French West Africa in order to preserve autonomy within the religious, social, and economic realms while abandoning the political sphere to their non-Muslim rulers.
This was a striking development because the local inhabitants had a strong sense of belonging to the Dar al-Islam, the "world of Islam" in which Muslims ruled themselves.
Drawing from a wide variety of archival, oral, and Arabic sources, Robinson describes the important roles played by Muslim merchants and the mulatto community of St. Louis, Senegal. He also examines the impact of the electoral institutions established by the Third Republic, and the French effort to develop a reputation as a "Muslim power"-a European imperial nation with a capacity for ruling over Islamic subjects.
By charting the similarities and differences of the trajectories followed by leading groups within the region as they responded to the colonial regimes, Robinson provides an understanding of the relationship between knowledge and power, the concepts of civil society and hegemony, and the transferability of symbolic, economic, and social capital.
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uk : pbk ISBN 9780852554579
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Charts the responses of the Sufi orders to the French colonial regime and their negotiations over power and autonomy.
Between 1880 and 1920, Muslim Sufi orders became pillars of the colonial regimes and economies of Senegal and Mauritania. In Paths of Accommodation David Robinson examines the ways in which the leaders of the orders negotiated relations with the Federation of French West Africa in order to preserve autonomy within the religious, social and economic realms while abandoning the political sphere of their non-Muslim rulers. This was a striking development because the local inhabitants had a strong sense of belonging to the Dar al-Islam, the world of Islam, in which Muslims ruled themselves. By charting the similarities and differences of the trajectories followed by leading groups within the region as they responded to the colonial regimes, Robinson provides an understanding of the concepts of the relationship between knowledge and power, the concepts of civil society and hegemony, and the transferability of symbolic, economic and social capital.
North America: Ohio U Press
Table of Contents
Introduction - THE FRAMEWORK Space, time & structure - BASES OF ACCOMMODATION Sources, discourses & mediators of knowledge - Conquest & colonial rule - France as a 'Muslim Power' - Civil society: St. Louis in the French imperial sphere - The Sons of Ndar: the Muslim merchants of St. Louis - PATTERNS OF ACCOMMODATION The obstacles to accommodation for the Umarians - The Umarian predicament - PATHS TO ACCOMMODATION Saad Buh & the Fadiliyya way - Sidiyya Baba: co-architect of colonial Mauritania - Malik Sy: teacher in the new colonial order - Amadu Bamba: a complex path to accommodation - Conclusion
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uk : cl ISBN 9780852554586
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Between 1880 and 1920, Muslim Sufi orders became pillars of the colonial regimes and economies of Senegal and Mauritania. In Paths of Accommodation David Robinson examines the ways in which the leaders of the orders negotiated relations with the Federation of French West Africa in order to preserve autonomy within the religious, social and economic realms while abandoning the political sphere of their non-Muslim rulers. This was a striking development because the local inhabitants had a strong sense of belonging to the Dar al-Islam, the world of Islam, in which Muslims ruled themselves. By charting the similarities and differences of the trajectories followed by leading groups within the region as they responded to the colonial regimes, Robinson provides an understanding of the concepts of the relationship between knowledge and power, the concepts of civil society and hegemony, and the transferability of symbolic, economic and social capital.
North America: Ohio U Press
Table of Contents
Introduction - THE FRAMEWORK Space, time & structure - BASES OF ACCOMMODATION Sources, discourses & mediators of knowledge - Conquest & colonial rule - France as a 'Muslim Power' - Civil society: St. Louis in the French imperial sphere - The Sons of Ndar: the Muslim merchants of St. Louis - PATTERNS OF ACCOMMODATION The obstacles to accommodation for the Umarians - The Umarian predicament - PATHS TO ACCOMMODATION Saad Buh & the Fadiliyya way - Sidiyya Baba: co-architect of colonial Mauritania - Malik Sy: teacher in the new colonial order - Amadu Bamba: a complex path to accommodation - Conclusion
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