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Lecturer(s)
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Bacik Gökhan, Ph.D.
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Peřinová Markéta
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Course content
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Content, Weeks, Readings, Subjects 1. Introduction Bernard Lewis. Europe and Islam. 2. Islam: An Introduction to a Monotheist Religion Huston Smith. Islam: A Concise Introduction. Malise Ruthven. Islam: A Very Short Introduction 3. The Political history of Islam and Muslim Societies Ira M. Lapidus. A History of Islamic Societies Johnathan P. Berkey. The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 4. Intellectual Traditions of Islamic Societies and Political Thought in Islam Erwin I. J. Rosenthal. Political Thought in Medieval Islam: An Introductory Outline Anthony Black. The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the Present 5. Islam and the West, the Historical Encounters: Crusades Jonathan Philips. The Crusades, 1095-1197 David Nicolle. The Crusades 6. Islam and the West, the Historical Encounters: Colonialism Rudolph Peters. Islam and Colonialism. James R. Fichter (ed.). British and French Colonialism in Africa, Asia and the Middle East: Connected Empires across the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries Jeffrey Hadler. Muslims and Matriarchs: Cultural Resilience in Indonesia Through Jihad and Colonialism 7. Westernization/Modernization of Muslim Societies and the West Gokhan Bacik. Hybrid Sovereignty in the Arab Middle East: The Cases of Kuwait, Iraq and Jordan. Cyril E. Black and L. Carl Brown (eds.). Modernization in the Middle East: The Ottoman Empire and its Afro-Asian Successors Serif Mardin. The Genesis of Young-Ottoman Thought: A Study in the Modernization of Turkish Political Thought 8. Political Islam/Islamism, Fundamentalism, Radicalism and the West Bassam Tibi. Political Islam, World Politics and Europe: Democratic Peace and Euro-Islam versus Global Jihad. Roger Hardy. The Muslim Revolt: A Journey Through Political Islam 9. The Arab Israeli Conflict and the West Ian J. Bickerton. The Arab Israeli Conflict: A History. Constanza Musu. European Union Policy Towards The Arab-Israeli Peace Process: The Quicksands of Politics 10. The European Islam: A Myth or Reality? Samir Amghar, Amel Boubekeur, Michel Emerson (eds.). European Islam: Challenges for Society and Public Policy Jorgen S. Nielsen. Towards a European Islam 11. The Political Economy of the Relationship between Islam and the West Daniel Moran and James A. Russell. Energy Security and Global Politics The militarization of resource management 12. Migration: Muslims as New Europeans? Frank Düvell. Illegal Immigration in Europe: Beyond Control? Shahram Akbarzadeh, Fethi Mansouri. Islam and Political Violence: Muslim Diaspora and Radicalism in the West Religions (journal) special issue on Islam in Europe, European Islam. 13. Contemporary Intellectual Engagements: New Generation of Muslim and Western Scholars on 'Islam and the West' This week will be based on various social-media resources. 14. Final Remarks, Exam
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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This course is taught in English. All reading and audio-visual material will be in English. All lectures will be supported by rich Prezi slides to which students will have semester-long access. Content and objectives The presence of Muslims in Europe as permanent residents was unimaginable for Europeans until the recent past. However, the third and fourth generations of Muslims are born and raised across the old continent today. Beyond the European Muslims, Islam is a significant dynamic for the West in terms of many other issues such as radicalism, migration, foreign relations, economic relations as well as intellectual and cultural interactions. In light of these data, this course will have roughly two halves and two aims: - The first half of the course tells the story of Islam as well as the relations between Muslim societies and Europe. Chronologically, this first half provides an overview of the interactions and exchanges between the two worlds from the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the Ottoman modernization in the nineteenth century. The aim of the first half is to show students that the history of Muslim-European encounters is not simply a history of conflict. - The second half of the course focuses on the present-day issues such as European Islam, the Palestinian conflict, and how such contemporary issues affect the relationship between the West and the wider Muslim world. The following are some of the questions that are broadly discussed during the semester: - Are we today witnessing an unprecedented era in the relations between Islam and Europe? - To what extent are the recent globally influential encounters and interactions between Europe and a large variety of Muslim actors a continuation of the past? - Is the history of the relations between Europe worlds a story of conflict? - In what areas did the two parties influence or contribute to each other's development? - How come London and Rotterdam have Muslim mayors, while non-Muslim mayors in Istanbul, Cairo, or Islamabad are inconceivable today?
Grading: Your final grade will be determined based on your performance on two separate parameters. An in-class presentation of an academic book about the relations between Islam and the West; your general participation in the class.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Dialog, Seminar Work
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Recommended literature
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http://www.euroculture.upol.cz/course-details.php.
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Ahmet Kuru. (2019). Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison. Cambridge University Press.
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