Controlling knowledge : religion, power, and schooling in a West African Muslim society

Hardcover in good condition. The jacket has some scores and shelfwear, with nicks and peeling to the edges and leading corners. Small marks on the page block and one or two page edges. The binding remains sound; all content is clear. CM Frontmatter Acknowledgements (page ix) Abbreviations (page xii) Introduction: Defining the Terms of Analysis (page 1) 1. Knowledge and Power in Pre-Colonial Muslim Socities (page 17) 2. Médersas, French and Islamic (page 39) 3. Reform and Counter-Reform: the Politics of Muslim Schooling in the 1950s (page 85) 4. Discourses of Knowledge, Power and Identity (page 131) 5. Power Relations in the Postcolony (page 169) 6. The Dynamics of Médersa Schooling (page 209) 7. Islam, the State and the Ideology of Development: The Politics of Muslim Schooling in the 1980s (page 257) 8. Reprise: Reassessing the Terms of Analysis (page 294) Bibliography (page 309) Index (page 333) This is an exploration of the history of a West African society in the 20th century, with specific reference to the evolution of Islamic schooling. The research focuses on the social and political processes that have produced new forms of Muslim expression and self perception.