| Course title | Political Islam in the Middle East |
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| Course code | KPE/PIS |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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Syllabus Political Islam in the Middle East The course examines the ideologies and political agendas of contemporary Islamist movements, as well as their origins and evolution in the Middle East. The major purpose of the course is to explain political Islam as a phenomenon and to explore its political and social contexts in which Islamists emerged and evolved. The course will discuss a variety of related topics like Islam, Islamism, radical Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood. The main purpose of the course is to provide students with a deep and detailed understanding of political Islam with its different and important aspects as well as its impact unto the Middle Eastern politics. Grading Participation 10 Term-paper 20 Midterm 20 Final 50 Week 1: Introduction, General Discussion "What is political Islam?" Avi Melamed, https://www.avimelamed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/What-Is-Politocal-Islam-FINAL.pdf "Towards a Political Islam" Roel Meijer https://www.clingendael.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/20090700_cdsp_paper_meijer.pdf Week 2: Islam as Religion: A Review "Six Questions on Islam" http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s10587.pdf You Tube Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FAWAbGDxGA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpcbfxtdoI8 Week 3: The Crisis of Islam Bernard Lewis, The Crisis of Islam, Random House 2004. Bernard Lewis, "What went wrong?", The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/01/what-went-wrong/302387/ You Tube Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60JboffOhaw Week 4: Political Islam: Definition, Theory, Arguments Nazih Ayubi, "The Theory and Practice of Political Islam" Jocelyne Cesari, "What Is Political Islam?" Journal of Islamic Studies, Volume 32, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 448-452. Week 5: Key Names and Their Ideas: Qutb, Mawdudi, and Others Mandaville, "Sayyid Qutb," pp. 97-105. Euben and Zaman, "Hasan al-Banna," in Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought, pp. 49-78. Week 6: Political Islam and Key Concepts: State, Democracy and Shari'a A. Z. Yamani, "The Eternal Sharia". https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/nyuilp12&div=15&id=&page= Week 7: Body Politics: Islamism and Woman Lamia R. Shehadeh, "Women in the Discourse of Sayyid Qutb." Arab Studies Quarterly Vol. 22, No. 3 (Summer 2000), pp. 45-55. Week 8: The Iranian Example H. L. Wagner, The Iranian Revolution https://books.google.cz/books?id=TZLq5TzLNqkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=iranian+revolution&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjN0Y3R3cfnAhUJJsAKHV8nBaAQ6AEIMjAB#v=onepage&q=iranian%20revolution&f=false BBC Doc on the Iranian Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87gaBfqvWOY Week 9: The Muslim Brotherhood K. R. Wickham, The Muslim Brotherhood. https://books.google.cz/books?id=hGuYDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Muslim+Brotherhood&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8r9j83cfnAhVhqHEKHQPOBu4Q6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=Muslim%20Brotherhood&f=false You Tube Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MThDULNMlIM Week 10: The Critique of Islamism Oliver Roy, The Failure of Political Islam. https://books.google.cz/books?id=YEGw8S3ovaoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=oliver+roy&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb2I6e3sfnAhXSqHEKHYJUBoMQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=oliver%20roy&f=false You Tube Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqlaNfdKURo Week 11: Political Islam in Egypt K. Abaza, Political Islam and Regime Survival in Egypt https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/html/pdf/PolicyFocus51.pdf An Aljazeera doc on Political Islam in Egypt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwBEzxXs0cI&t=19s Week 12: Political Islam in Turkey P. Tank, "Political Islam in Turkey", Turkish Studies. A YouTube doc on Turkey and Political Islam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHQAcmJoQcY&t=1661s Week 13-14: Presentations and Discussions
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The course examines the ideologies and political agendas of contemporary Islamist movements, as well as their origins and evolution in the Middle East. The major purpose of the course is to explain political Islam as a phenomenon and to explore its political and social contexts in which Islamists emerged and evolved. The course will discuss a variety of related topics like Islam, Islamism, radical Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood. The main purpose of the course is to provide students with a deep and detailed understanding of political Islam with its different and important aspects as well as its impact unto the Middle Eastern politics.
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Didactic Test, Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio, Seminar Work
Class Participation 10 Term paper 20 Midterm 20 Final 50 |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): War and Peace Studies (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Governance and Democracy (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Governance and Democracy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Analysis and Strategy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Union (2023) | Category: Economy | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023_S24) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Governance and Democracy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): War and Peace Studies (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Union (2023) | Category: Economy | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Union (2023) | Category: Economy | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Analysis and Strategy (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023_N24) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Analysis and Strategy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): War and Peace Studies (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Union (2019) | Category: Economy | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Union (2023) | Category: Economy | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Union (2019) | Category: Economy | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Union (2023) | Category: Economy | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |