Religion as Resistance
Negotiating Authority in Italian Libya
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 17 July 2020
- ISBN 9780197532683
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages266 pages
- Size 155x231x15 mm
- Weight 408 g
- Language English 4
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Short description:
Religion as Resistance examines debates over the best methods for colonial rule in Italian Libya as a a self-reflexive process that tell us more about the contentious connection between religious and political authority in Italy than about Muslim North Africa.
MoreLong description:
When Italian forces landed on the shores of Libya in 1911, many in Italy hailed it as an opportunity to embrace a Catholic national identity through imperial expansion. After decades of acrimony between an intransigent Church and the Italian state, enthusiasm for the imperial adventure helped incorporate Catholic interests in a new era of mass politics. Others among Italian imperialists-military officers and civil administrators-were more concerned with the challenges of governing a Muslim society, one in which the Sufi brotherhood of the Sanusiyya seemed dominant. Eileen Ryan illustrates what Italian imperialists thought would be the best methods to govern in Muslim North Africa and in turn highlights the contentious connection between religious and political authority in Italy.
Telling this story requires an unraveling of the history of the Sanusiyya. During the fall of Qaddafi, Libyan protestors took up the flag of the Libyan Kingdom of Idris al-Sanusi, signaling an opportunity to reexamine Libya's colonial past. After decades of historiography discounting the influence of Sanusi elites in Libyan nationalism, the end of this regime opened up the possibility of reinterpreting the importance of religion, resistance, and Sanusi elites in Libya's colonial history. Religion as Resistance provides new perspectives on the history of collaboration between the Italian state and Idris al-Sanusi and questions the dichotomy between resistance and collaboration in the colonial world.
Exceptionally significant and brilliantly told....The great strength of the book is Ryan's unflinching refusal to see the coloniser and the colonised as monolithic in their essence or as unchanging over time.
Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
List of Maps
List of Figures
Introduction
Chapter 1: Italian imperialism and Sanusi authority at the turn of the century
Chapter 2: Crafting an Italian Approach to Colonial Rule
Chapter 3: Occupation, War, and the Transformation of the Sanusiyya
Chapter 4: Railways and Resistance: Idris al-Sanusi's Fall from Power
Chapter 5: Religion and Power in the Fascist Colonies
Conclusions
Essay on Sources: Memories of Resistance in the Oral History Project
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