SANb2003 Anthropology and Islam

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Attila Kovács, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Fri 30. 10. 10:00–15:40 U33, Fri 27. 11. 10:00–15:40 U32, Fri 11. 12. 10:00–15:40 U33, Fri 15. 1. 10:00–15:40 U33
Prerequisites
none
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;
Learning outcomes
knowledge of the topic
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 (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on course enrolment limitations: !SAN215 && !NOW(SAN215)
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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