SAN215 Anthropology and Islam

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Attila Kovács, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 5. 10. 15:15–19:45 U35, Thu 19. 10. 15:15–19:45 U35, Thu 2. 11. 15:15–19:45 U35, Thu 16. 11. 15:15–19:45 U35
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand anthropological study of Islam and its origin; work with information on current Islam fundamnetalism in modern European societies; make reasoned decisions about relation of Islam to the European culture;
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Islam and anthropology / anthropology of the Islam
  • 3. Muhammad and umma
  • 4. Quran and sunna: constrsuction of tradition
  • 5. Ritual and praxis: structure of a muslim life
  • 6. Language, power. authority
  • 7. Orientalism
  • 8. Islamic identities, woman, gender
  • 9. Islamic activism: „fundamentalism“ and „islamism“
  • 10.Antropological gaze at Islam and muslims
  • 11.Student presentations
  • 12.Conclusions
Literature
  • Judaismus, křesťanství, islám : slovník (Variant.) : Slovník : judaismus, křesťanství, islám. info
  • Ethno-nationalism, Islam and the state in the Caucasus : post-Soviet disorder. Edited by Moše Gammer. New York, NY: Routledge, 2007, xvii, 233. ISBN 9780415423458. info
  • PELTRE, Christine. Orientalism. Paris: Terrail/Édigroup, 2004, 253 s. ISBN 2879392802. info
  • ASAD, Talal. Formations of the secular : Christianity, Islam, modernity. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2003, 269 s. ISBN 0804747687. info
  • Orientalism : a reader. Edited by A. L. Macfie. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000, x, 382. ISBN 0748614419. info
  • GERGES, Fawaz A. America and political islam : clash of cultures or clash of interests? 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, xii, 282. ISBN 0521639573. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
final project, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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