Muslim Society

Contents......Page 3
Preface......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 7
1. Flux and reflux in the faith of men......Page 9
2. Cohesion and identity: the Maghreb from Ibn Khaldun to Emile Durkheim......Page 94
3. Post-traditional forms in Islam: the turf and trade, and votes and peanuts......Page 107
4. Doctor and saint......Page 122
5. Sanctity, puritanism, secularisation and nationalism in North Africa: a case study......Page 139
6. The unknown Apollo of Biskra: the social base of Algerian puritanism......Page 157
7. Trousers in Tunisia......Page 182
8. The sociology of Robert Montagne (1893–1954)......Page 187
9. Patterns of rural rebellion in Morocco during the early years of independence......Page 202
10. Saints and their descendants......Page 215
11. The marabouts in the market place......Page 222
12. Rulers and tribesmen......Page 229
Notes......Page 239
Bibliography of Ernest Gellner\'s North African writings......Page 255
Name index......Page 260
Subject index......Page 264