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 history...

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Main Author: Pettigrew, Erin (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
In:Year: 2023
Series/Journal:African studies series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mauretanien / Sahara / Islam / Occultism / Belief in spirits / Social change / 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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Parallel Edition:Electronic