Book contents
- Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara
- African Studies Series
- Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Orthography and Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Knowledge and Authority in Precolonial Contexts
- Part II Rupture, Consonance, and Innovation in Colonial and Postcolonial Mauritania
- Part III Articulating Race, Gender, and Social Difference through the Esoteric Sciences
- 5 Desert Panic
- 6 Sui Generis
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
Epilogue
from Part III - Articulating Race, Gender, and Social Difference through the Esoteric Sciences
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2023
Book contents
- Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara
- African Studies Series
- Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Orthography and Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Knowledge and Authority in Precolonial Contexts
- Part II Rupture, Consonance, and Innovation in Colonial and Postcolonial Mauritania
- Part III Articulating Race, Gender, and Social Difference through the Esoteric Sciences
- 5 Desert Panic
- 6 Sui Generis
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
Summary
This short epilogue seeks to summarize the major claims of the book and to provide examples of events and changes close in time to the publication of the book of how the Islamic esoteric sciences continue to be tied closely to political and religious authority in postcolonial twenty-first century Mauritania.
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- Invoking the Invisible in the SaharaIslam, Spiritual Mediation, and Social Change, pp. 268 - 280Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023