Islam and national identity in contemporary Senegal

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Published 25-09-2016
Juan Ignacio Castien Maestro

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between religion and the construction of national identity. To do this, we combine various contributions of anthropology, sociology and history. It is a matter of great complexity. In particular, it involves adapting a traditional element, as is religion, to the requirements of a modernization process, characterized by the development of greater secularization and individualization. We focus on the particular case of Senegal, reinterpreting classic literature different contributions from our own theoretical approach and supplementing it with materials extracted from our own fieldwork. In this country seems a fairly successful articulation between Islam and modernization, which makes it very interesting from the point of view of the social sciences has been given. We explore the factors that seem to have favored this joint, especially the specific characteristics of the type of predominant Islam in the country, which are the result of a particular historical process somewhat.

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Keywords

Islam, Senegal, sufism, modernization, national identity

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Single Topic Issues