Symbolic Confrontations
Subtitle: Muslims Imagining the State in Africa
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 18, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781403963697
Subjects: Political Science; Symbolism in politics; Islam and politics; Ethnic Studies - General; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Islam and state; History & Theory - General; Political Science / General; Africa - General; General; Africa
First sentence: The four chapters in this section deal with different aspects of the politics of Islam in Africa, particularly in Senegal and in Kenya, and they deal with a style of politics which is dominated by presentational rather than organizational considerations.