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
- ISBN10 0852554583
- ISBN13 9780852554586
- Publish Date 1 January 2001 (first published 31 December 2000)
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 10 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint James Currey
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 376
- Language English