Muslim Brotherhoods and Politics in Senegal by Behrman, Lucy C - 1970

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Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jscket, 224 pages. The influence of traditional and religious groups on modern politics. The author investigates the political role of religious organizations in the West African country of Senegal. Upon independence in 1960. Senegalese politicians adopted the pattern of cooperation established by the French. Behrman, examining the present role of the brotherhoods, analyzes their inter-relationships as well as their relations with political parties, government officials, the government reform program, and modern Muslim reform groups. She reveals that Senegalese officials often defer to the opinion of the strongest marabus and that, in times of crisis or uncertainty with in the government party, the Union Progressiste Senegalaise, they turn to the marabus for support. She also shows that, although the Muslim leaders occupy such a privileged position in Senegalese society, they do… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. Hardcover. xv, 224p., illustrated with a b&w photo section and a few tables, hardbound in 9x6 inch cloth boards and dust jacket. A nice clean sound copy, no markings of any kind.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 224pp. The influence of traditional and religious groups on modern politics. The author investigates the political role of religious organizations in the West African country of Senegal. Bound in light gray cloth, spine lettering black, near fine in very good pictorial dust jacket rubbed along the edges and rear panel.

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Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1970. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 224 pages; Investigates the political role of religious organizations in the West African country of Senegal. Subjects: Sufism - Senegal. Senegal - Politics and government.

Harvard University Press, 2/5/1970 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Good. 0.0900 9.3000 6.2000.

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Harvard University Press, 1970. Hardcover. New. 248 pages. 6.14x0.63x9.21 inches.