History and Institutions of Islamic Countries
A.Y. 2021/2022
Learning objectives
The course aims at providing students with an understanding of the basic concepts and institutions of Islam, and of the modern and contemporary history of the Middle East. At the end of the course students will have ALSO acquired the analytical tools to understand the most recent events taking place in this part of the world and the geostrategic, economic, cultural and religious forces driving them.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be acquainted with the evolution of the Islamic doctrine and Middle Eastern history, and with an in-depht udnerstanding of the historical processes that have shaped Islamic revivalism. They will thus have acquired the conceptual and terminological tools that are necessary to comprehend and analyse in a critical manner the most recent events taking place in the Middle East; students will also have acquired an adequate terminology. These skills will allow the students to continue their studies in an autonomous manner.
Lesson period: Second trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second trimester
Lectures, presentations and oral exams on MT
Course syllabus
The course is mostly on contemporary issues. However, in the first part, we will summarise the origins and historical development of Islam, Islamic political theory, sunnism and shiism, Islamic revivalism, and political Islam; we will then analyse the relationship between political power and religious authority in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, the political thought of Mawdudi, Shariati, Khomeini and Qutb, the idea of the Islamic state, and the political discourse of Al-Qaeda and ISIS; in the final part of the course we will discuss about sectarianism vs. sectarianization in contemporary Middle East
Prerequisites for admission
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Teaching methods
Lectures
Teaching Resources
Non attending students:
P.Mandaville, Islam and politics, Routledge, 2020 ( online on Minerva), except boxes 4.3, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.4, 6.5, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, pp. 181-196 and 407-421
Attending students:
class presentation and P.Mandaville, Islam and politics, Routledge, 2020 (online on Minerva), except pp. 164-196 and: pp. 389-454, boxes 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.4, 6.5, 7.3.
P.Mandaville, Islam and politics, Routledge, 2020 ( online on Minerva), except boxes 4.3, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.4, 6.5, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, pp. 181-196 and 407-421
Attending students:
class presentation and P.Mandaville, Islam and politics, Routledge, 2020 (online on Minerva), except pp. 164-196 and: pp. 389-454, boxes 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.4, 6.5, 7.3.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Written exam with the aim of assessing the knowledge of the themes dealt with by the programme, the capacity to interpret them in a critical manner and to espouse them with an adequate terminology; as to attending students, active participation in class discussions will be taken into account, as well as presentations
SPS/14 - ASIAN HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Professor:
Giunchi Elisa Ada
Professor(s)
Reception:
Friday 4 PM-7 PM
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