Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mystic illumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, the Mouride order has ...
Eric S. Ross
Hardcover
308
University of Rochester Press
1580462170
9781580462174
9
The Known World is a sprawling region ruled by mortals, protected by gods, and plied by magicians and warriors, merchants and beggars, royals and scoundrels. Here, those with the gift of the Erjak share a psychic bond with animals; a far-reaching fraternity unites criminals of every persuasion in a ...
Pierre Grimbert
Paperback
308
AmazonCrossing
1612184596
9781612184593
5
A blend of indigenous life in the rural countryside and metropolitan culture in urban centers, Senegal has been a small, yet prominent country on Africa's western coast. In this comprehensive study of contemporary Senegalese life, readers will learn how daily lifestyles are celebrated through both r...
Eric S. Ross Ph.D.
Hardcover
160
Greenwood
0313340366
9780313340369
4
There’s so much to do now that Uncle Mike and Steve are getting married. Follow Andy on this enjoyable journey as he talks about his uncle's wedding, how it affects him, and the things he gets to do in preparation for the ceremony. You’ll laugh and smile as you read this adorable story about marriag...
Eric Ross
Paperback
34
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
1456531034
9781456531034
2
This book is an objective study of the state of Islam in Senegal and of the religious factors that influence it. Islam in Senegal is characterized by the strong intrenchment of a certain number of Sufi brotherhoods. In effect, the majority of Senegal's 7,600,000 Muslims consider adherence to a broth...
Khadim Mbacke, John O. Hunwick
Paperback
141
Markus Wiener Pub
1558763422
9781558763425
16
In 1952, Professor Allan Holmberg arranged for Cornell University to lease the Hacienda Vicos, an agricultural estate in the central Peruvian highlands on which some 1800 Quechua-speaking highland peasants resided. Between 1952 and 1957 Holmberg, with colleagues and students, initiated a set of soci...
Hardcover
358
AltaMira Press
0759119740
9780759119741
13
The Oneness of the Universe through scientific and ancient principles. Through insomnia, long hours of meditation, asceticism, and learning Hebrew, philosophy, theology, psychology, hypnotism, and theoretical physics- The Science of One shares the unbelievable and ground breaking results of this ext...
Eric Arthur Ross
Paperback
104
lulu.com
1257913972
9781257913978
12
This book represents a major critique of the way Malthusian thinking has influenced capitalist development policy in the modern period, as well as in the past. Taking an historical and comparative view, it highlights the strategic role of Malthusian ideas in the defence of capitalist political econo...
Eric B Ross
Paperback
272
Zed Books
1856495647
9781856495646
6