Course: Anthropology of Islam - K24

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Course title Anthropology of Islam - K24
Course code KSA/AISL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Topinka Daniel, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Islam and Muslims as an anthropological theme 2. Basic terminology, Sunnah and Islamic "tradition" 3. Orthopedics - ritual and practice 4. Social organizations and structures, authority in Islam 5. Orientalism and conceptualization of the study of (not only) Islam 6. Islam, ethno-cultural identities and gender 7. Islam in public space, social movements 8. Islam and Muslims in the USA: emic pesrpektiva 9. Islam and Muslims in Western and Central Europe: an emotive perspective 10. Phenomenology of Islam in the Czech Republic 11. Global Islam, transnationalization of Islam 12. Anthropological exploration and reification of terms

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to discuss Islam in an anthropological context and contemporary research. The course acquaints with the basics of Islam, especially orthopraxis, Sunnah, creating of Islamic tradition (Qur'an, Sunnah), social organization and the concept of authority. In particular it describes the current forms of Islam, perspectives of the current grasp of the topic and the results of anthropological research within Europe and the USA. It deals with Islam in public space and other topics (social integration), also with regard to the situation in the Czech Republic.
At the end of the course student should be able to describe basic concepts and conceptualization in the background of discussions about anthropological possibilities of perspectives of Islam study, globalization of Islam and ongoing processes (de-culturalization, de-ethnization etc.). Particular attention will be paid to the emic perspective and the worlds of Muslims.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • AlSayyad, N., Castells, M. (2002). Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers..
  • Asad, T. (2003). Formations of the secular: Christianity, Islam, modernity. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press..
  • Barša, P. (2001). Západ a islamismus. Střet civilizací, nebo dialog kultur? Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury..
  • Bowen, John R. (2012). A New Anthropology of Islam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press..
  • Denny, M. F. (2003). Islám a muslimská obec. Praha: Prostor..
  • Fischer, Johan. (2011). The Halal Frontier: Muslim Consumers in a Globalized Market. New York: Palgrave Macmillan..
  • Janků, T, Linhartová, L., Topinka, D. Practice of Nursing Care Provided to Clients from Muslim Countries in the Czech Republic. (2016). Journal of Religion and Health. Doi:10.1007/s10943-016-0273-0..
  • Kepel, G. (2006). Válka v srdci islámu. Praha: Karolinum..
  • Klapetek, M. (2011). Muslimské organizace v Německu, Rakousku a Švýcarsku. Brno: CDK..
  • Kreinath, J. (2012). The Anthropology of Islam Reader. New York: Routledge..
  • Roy, O. (2006). Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah. Columbia University Press..
  • Said, E. W. (2006). Orientalismus. Západní koncepce orientu. Praha: Paseka..
  • Šotola, J.; Topinka, D. (2015). Konceptualizace islámu a muslimů v ČR: perspektiva aktérů státní správy, samosprávy a neziskových organizací. Pantheon, 10/2, 2015, s. 58-74..
  • Tapper, R. (1995). ?Islamic Anthropology? and the ?Anthropology of Islam?, Anthropological Quarterly, vol. 68 no. 3, pp. 185-193..
  • Topinka, D. (ed.). (2016). Muslimové v Česku. Etablování muslimů a islámu na veřejnosti..
  • Topinka, D. (2015). Role religiozity a etnicity v procesu integrace muslimů - imigrantů do české společnosti. In Černý, Karel. Nad Evropou půlměsíc I: Muslimové v Česku a západních společnostech. Praha: Karolinum, s. 24 - 63..
  • Triandafyllidou, A. (2010). Muslims in 21st Century Europe. London: Routledge..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2024) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -