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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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2023
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In: | Year: 2023 |
Series/Journal: | African studies series
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mauretanien
/ Sahara
/ Islam
/ Occultism
/ Belief in spirits
/ Social change
/ History
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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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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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