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For Love of the Prophet: An Ethnography of Sudan’s Islamic State, written by Salomon, Noah

For Love of the Prophet: An Ethnography of Sudan’s Islamic State, written by Salomon, Noah Princeton, nj. Princeton University Press. 2016, Pp. 264. $29.95 (paper) isbn: 9780691165158, $75.00 (cloth) isbn: 9780691165141Noah Salomon’s thoroughly researched and well-written ethnography on the Sudanese Islamic state begins with a discussion of how his ideas about the nature of the state were challenged during the first stages of his fieldwork. By asking, “where is the state?” Salomon begins to consider how the state manifests in daily practices, rather than in political institutions (p. 4). In this way, Saloman articulates the state as, “the effect of a series of processes that produce a novel form of modern power that is, however, no less real: a leviathan who is neither human nor entirely divorced from our collective will” (p. 11).Chapter One recounts the history of the British colonial project in Sudan and the British effort to create a modern secular state by defining and controlling the nature of Islamic practice. By creating centralized state institutions that could define and disseminate orthodoxy, colonial power hoped to gain control over people by eradicating what was interpreted as uncivilized and untamed Sufism. During the late nineteenth century, the British created three institutions, a council of ulama, a sharia court system, and a training course http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Sociology of Islam Brill

For Love of the Prophet: An Ethnography of Sudan’s Islamic State, written by Salomon, Noah

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Sociology of Islam , Volume 5 (1): 4 – Apr 17, 2017
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Princeton, nj. Princeton University Press. 2016, Pp. 264. $29.95 (paper) isbn: 9780691165158, $75.00 (cloth) isbn: 9780691165141Noah Salomon’s thoroughly researched and well-written ethnography on the Sudanese Islamic state begins with a discussion of how his ideas about the nature of the state were challenged during the first stages of his fieldwork. By asking, “where is the state?” Salomon begins to consider how the state manifests in daily practices, rather than in political institutions (p. 4). In this way, Saloman articulates the state as, “the effect of a series of processes that produce a novel form of modern power that is, however, no less real: a leviathan who is neither human nor entirely divorced from our collective will” (p. 11).Chapter One recounts the history of the British colonial project in Sudan and the British effort to create a modern secular state by defining and controlling the nature of Islamic practice. By creating centralized state institutions that could define and disseminate orthodoxy, colonial power hoped to gain control over people by eradicating what was interpreted as uncivilized and untamed Sufism. During the late nineteenth century, the British created three institutions, a council of ulama, a sharia court system, and a training course

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