Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298) and index.
Contents
1. Islam and authority before the colonial period -- 2. Colonialism and after -- 3. Saints and Sufi orders I : the Hamawiyya -- 4. Saints and Sufi orders II : the Tijaniyya -- 5. esoteric sciences -- 6. prayer economy -- 7. 'Reform' -- 8. public sphere and the postcolony -- Conclusion : the market, the public and Islam.