RLB512 Islam in the Middle East: History, Religion, Culture

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2016
Rozsah
1/1/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Prof. Nimrod Luz, Ph.D. (přednášející), Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
Ústav religionistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Ústav religionistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Po 17. 10. 17:30–20:45 B2.44, Út 18. 10. 15:50–19:05 B2.24, St 19. 10. 14:10–17:25 G31, Čt 20. 10. 15:50–19:05 K23, Pá 21. 10. 10:50–14:05 zrusena M13
Předpoklady
RLA08 Islám || RLKA08 Islám
The course will be taught in English, sufficient knowledge of he language is necessary.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 50 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/50, pouze zareg.: 0/50, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/50
Jiné omezení: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
Throughout this seminar we will explore one the world's greatest civilization and follow different themes and cultural, social, political and geographical aspects from its nascent in the 7th AD to the present. The course is aimed to familiarize students with the main historical outline and historiography questions that occupy scholars of the Islamic Middle East and the Islamic world. While political history is one of the main concerns of the course, it will also explore numerous other themes. At the end of the course the students will be able
  • to understand the basic political history of the area of spreading Islam from its nascent to the Modern times.
  • to understand the principles of Islamic cultures in the Middle East within their historical and political contexts
  • to reflect most important themes of modern scholarship in this field
  • to understand the entaglements of recent political developments in the reagion and the rise of militant Islam.
    • Osnova
    • 1. Orientation and introduction
    • By way of opening a course – analysis of Usama bin Laden's 'letter to America'
    • *http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,4552895-102275,00.html (printout)
    • 2. The world before Muhammad – geopolitics, religious philosophies and major centers of civilization
    • 3. Muhammad, and the making of Islamic civilization
    • Text analysis in class: *Ahd al-Umma (The Charter of Madina)
    • 4. Islam and the Middle East after the Prophet – political formations, crossroads and the evolution of Islamic societies
    • 5. Islamization, the changing cultural Landscape and the impacts of nomads
    • 6. The Rise (and failure) of Nation states and Islamic resurgence
    • 7. Challenges to national Middle Eastern states: militant and global Islam, the Arab Spring,– by way of conclusion
    Literatura
      povinná literatura
    • HOURANI, Albert Habib. A history of the arab peoples. London: Faber and Faber, 2005, xviii, 566. ISBN 0571226647. info
      doporučená literatura
    • The Arabs in history. Edited by Bernard Lewis. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993, viii, 240. ISBN 9780191587665. info
    Výukové metody
    Lectures, class discussions, reading.
    Metody hodnocení
    Final evaluation of the students work will be based on:
  • Class attendance
  • Reading and active participation in class;
  • Reading the following item by the beginning of the third week of this semester, as it is a basic introduction text to Islamic religion and history: Hourani, Albert. A History of the Arab Peoples (London: 1991) pp. 1-79 (Part I: The Making of a World; Seventh-Tenth Century). B. Lewis, The Arabs in History, (Rev. Ed. New York and Oxford: 1993), is also highly recommended.
  • Paper (5-10 pages) on a topic to be decided during the course.
  • Grading system:
  • 25% class participation and attendance
  • 75% final paper.
  • Vyučovací jazyk
    Angličtina
    Informace učitele
    On each lecture, there is a list of readings (texts are to be found in the Study materials in IS), please check the detailed syllabus of the course in the Organizational matters of Study material.
  • The following websites have links to a large number of websites on various aspects of Islamic history and civilization. You are advised to use them when ever you are searching for a term, historical event, maps or any other form of data. They are user friendly and will usually accommodate your needs: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html http://www.princeton.edu/~humcomp/alkhaz.html http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/home.html http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~brvs/web.html http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/
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