The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state [[electronic resource] ] : ceremony and symbols of authority : 1882-1898 / / by Kim Searcy
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 962.4/03 |
| Soggetto topico: | Islamic renewal - Sudan |
| Islam and politics - Sudan | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Sudan History 1821-1881 |
| Note generali: | 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. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-155) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Bibliography / K. Searcy -- Index / K. Searcy. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state |
| ISBN: | 1-283-11964-1 |
| 9786613119643 | |
| 90-04-19107-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790089603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Islam in Africa ; ; v. 11.