15364
Seminar
WiSe 14/15: Islam, Politics, and Society
Fouad Gehad Marei
Comments
Whether it is through violence, 'extremism', or democratic participation, political movements and groups considered 'Islamist' are contending for power. This is exacerbated by popular uprisings against authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and the subsequent rise of Islamist forces in the public domain. As a result, political Islam has become an increasingly topical issue for students and scholars of Middle Eastern politics.
This course is designed to provide students with a critical and multidisciplinary introduction to political Islam. Examining the various expressions of Islam in politics and society in the modern world, the course engages students with classic works of political Islam, critical debates on some of its central, as well as with some 'new' and 'unconventional' forms of Islamist activism. The course employs myriad teaching didactics which expose students and engages them with the complexities and nuances of 'Islamism'. In doing so, the course offers an insight into Sunni, Shi'a, and Salafi variants of political Islam as well as into the thought and workings of violent and non-violent movements.
The working language of this course is English.
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16 Class schedule
Additional appointments
Tue, 2015-02-03 12:00 - 14:00Regular appointments
Tue, 2014-10-14 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-10-21 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-10-28 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-11-04 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-11-11 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-11-18 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-11-25 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-12-02 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-12-09 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2014-12-16 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2015-01-06 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2015-01-13 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2015-01-20 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2015-01-27 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2015-02-03 14:00 - 16:00
Tue, 2015-02-10 14:00 - 16:00