Muslim society - Gellner, Ernest (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981)
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Flux and reflux in the faith of men -- 2. Cohesion and identity: the Maghreb from Ibn Khaldun to Emile Durkheim -- 3. Post-traditional forms in Islam: the turf and trade, and votes and peanuts -- 4. Doctor and saint -- 5. Sanctity, puritanism, secularisation and nationalism in North Africa: a case study -- 6. The unknown Apollo of Biskra: the social base of Algerian puritanism -- 7. Trousers in Tunisia -- 8. The sociology of Robert Montagne (1893-1954) -- 9. Patterns of rural rebellion in Morocco during the early years of independence -- 10. Saints and their descendants -- 11. The marabouts in the market place -- 12. Rulers and tribesmen -- Notes -- Bibliography of Ernest Gellner's North African writings -- Index.
"Bibliography of Ernest Gellner's North African writings"--P. 247-251.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Islamic sociology; Islam -- Africa, North; Africa, North -- Social conditions; Islamic countries -- Social conditions, to 1980