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Autore |
Searcy Kim |
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Titolo |
The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state [[electronic resource] ] : ceremony and symbols of authority : 1882-1898 / / by Kim Searcy |
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Leiden [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-11964-1 |
9786613119643 |
90-04-19107-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Collana |
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Islam in Africa, , 1570-3754 ; ; v. 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Islamic renewal - Sudan |
Islam and politics - Sudan |
Sudan History 1821-1881 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols, ceremony and ritual to articulate their power, authority and legitimacy first within the context of resistance to the imperial Turco-Egyptian forces that had been occupying the Nilotic Sudan since 1821, and then within the context of establishing an Islamic state. This study examines five key elements from a historical perspective: the importance of Islamic mysticism as manifested in Sufi brotherhoods in the articulation of power in the Sudan; ceremony as handmaids of power and legitimacy; charismatic leadership; the routinization of charisma and the formation of a religious state purportedly based upon the first Islamic community in the seventh century C.E. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-155) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / K. Searcy -- Introduction / K. Searcy -- Chapter One. Islam In The Sudan / K. Searcy -- Chapter Two. Protocol, Ceremony, And Symbols Of Authority / K. Searcy -- Chapter Three. The Charismatic Leader / K. Searcy -- Chapter Four. The Khalīfa and the Routinization of Charismatic Authority / K. Searcy -- Chapter Five. The Creation Of An Islamic State / K. Searcy -- Conclusion / K. Searcy -- |
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Bibliography / K. Searcy -- Index / K. Searcy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on how the Mahdi and his second-in-command and ultimate successor, the Khalifa Abdallahi, used symbols, ceremony and ritual to articulate their power, authority and legitimacy first within the context of resistance to the imperial Turco-Egyptian forces that had been occupying the Nilotic Sudan since 1821, and then within the context of establishing an Islamic state. This study examines five key elements from a historical perspective: the importance of Islamic mysticism as manifested in Sufi brotherhoods in the articulation of power in the Sudan; ceremony as handmaids of power and legitimacy; charismatic leadership; the routinization of charisma and the formation of a religious state purportedly based upon the first Islamic community in the seventh century C.E. |
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