Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East
Here's the reading list for my 400-level course this semester, "Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East."
Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East
TR 5:00 p.m.
Prof. Ulrich
Required Texts:
Muslim Politics, Dale Eickelman and James Piscatori
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, Albert Hourani
The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran, Roy Mottahedeh
The Society of the Muslim Brothers, Richard Mitchell*
Milestones, Sayyid Qutb
The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia, David Commins
The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics, Charles Hirschkind
September 1 – Course Intro
September 3 - Qur’an, Suras 1 and 2
September 8 – Hourani, pp. 1-33; John Voll, “Foundations for Renewal and Reform,” The Oxford History of Islam, pp. 509-48; Joel Beinin and Joe Stork, “On the Modernity, Historical Specificity, and International Context of Political Islam,” Political Islam: Essays from Middle East Report, ed. Joel Beinin and Joe Stork, (London: I.B. Tauris, 1997), pp. 3-25.
September 10 – Eickelman and Piscatori, pp. 3-45; Kemal H. Karpat, “The New Middle Classes and the Nakshbandia,” The Politicization of Islam, pp. 89-116; Juan Cole, “Printing and Urban Islam in the Mediterranean World, 1890-1920,” Modernity and Culture from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, ed. Leila Tarazi Fawaz and C.A. Bayly, (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002), pp. 344-64.
September 15 – Hourani, pp. 103-93.
September 17 – Hourani, pp. 222-44; C. Ernest Dawn, “The Origins of Arab Nationalism,” The Origins of Arab Nationalism, ed. Rashid Khalidi, Lisa Anderson, Muhammad Muslih, and Reeva S. Simon, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1991), pp. 3-30.
September 22 – Eickelman and Piscatori, pp. 46-164
September 24 – Mottahedeh, pp. 7-68
September 29 – Mottahedeh, pp. 69-185
October 1 – Mottahedeh, pp. 186-247 (terms quiz)
October 6 – Mottahedeh, pp. 248-390
October 8 – Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, “Factors Conducive to the Politicization of the Lebanese Shi’a and the Emergence of Hizbullah,” Journal of Islamic Studies 14 (2003): 273-307; Laurence Louer, Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf, (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008), pp. 69-102.
Octobter 13 – FALL BREAK
October 15 – Sena Karasipahi, “Comparing Islamic Resurgence Movements in Turkey and Iran,” The Middle East Journal 63 (2009): 87-107; Shukran Vahide, “The Life and Times of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi,” The Muslim World 99 (1999): 208-44; Dale F. Eickelman, “Qur’anic Commentary, Public Space, and Religious Intellecutials in the Writings of Said Nursi,” The Muslim World 99 (1999): 260-9; Fethullah Gulen web site (paper topic chosen)
October 20 - Malika Zeghal, “Religion and Politics in Egypt: The Ulema of al-Azhar, Radical Islam, and the State (1952-94),” International Journal of Middle East Studies 31 (1999): 371-99; Juan Cole, Engaging the Muslim World, (New York: Palgrave- Macmillan, 2009), pp. 49-65.
October 22 – Mitchell, pp. 209-94.
October 27 – Qutb, pp. 7-105
October 29 – Qutb, pp. 107-60
November 3 – Ahmad Dallal, “The Origins and Objectives of Islamic Revivalist Thought, 1750-1850,” Journal of the American Oriental Society 113 (1993): 341-59; Kitab al-Tawhid, Commins, pp. 1-39
November 5– Commins, pp. 40-103
November 10 – Commins, pp. 104-209
November 12 – Hirschkind, pp. 1-66
November 17 – Hirschkind, pp. 67-42 (abstract due)
November 19 – Hirschkind, pp. 143-214
November 24 – NO CLASS – MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION
November 26 – Thanksgiving
December 1 – Presentation of Student Research
December 3 – Presentation of Student Research
December 8 – Presentation of Student Research
December 10 – Presentation of Student Research
Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East
TR 5:00 p.m.
Prof. Ulrich
Required Texts:
Muslim Politics, Dale Eickelman and James Piscatori
Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, Albert Hourani
The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran, Roy Mottahedeh
The Society of the Muslim Brothers, Richard Mitchell*
Milestones, Sayyid Qutb
The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia, David Commins
The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics, Charles Hirschkind
September 1 – Course Intro
September 3 - Qur’an, Suras 1 and 2
September 8 – Hourani, pp. 1-33; John Voll, “Foundations for Renewal and Reform,” The Oxford History of Islam, pp. 509-48; Joel Beinin and Joe Stork, “On the Modernity, Historical Specificity, and International Context of Political Islam,” Political Islam: Essays from Middle East Report, ed. Joel Beinin and Joe Stork, (London: I.B. Tauris, 1997), pp. 3-25.
September 10 – Eickelman and Piscatori, pp. 3-45; Kemal H. Karpat, “The New Middle Classes and the Nakshbandia,” The Politicization of Islam, pp. 89-116; Juan Cole, “Printing and Urban Islam in the Mediterranean World, 1890-1920,” Modernity and Culture from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, ed. Leila Tarazi Fawaz and C.A. Bayly, (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002), pp. 344-64.
September 15 – Hourani, pp. 103-93.
September 17 – Hourani, pp. 222-44; C. Ernest Dawn, “The Origins of Arab Nationalism,” The Origins of Arab Nationalism, ed. Rashid Khalidi, Lisa Anderson, Muhammad Muslih, and Reeva S. Simon, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1991), pp. 3-30.
September 22 – Eickelman and Piscatori, pp. 46-164
September 24 – Mottahedeh, pp. 7-68
September 29 – Mottahedeh, pp. 69-185
October 1 – Mottahedeh, pp. 186-247 (terms quiz)
October 6 – Mottahedeh, pp. 248-390
October 8 – Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, “Factors Conducive to the Politicization of the Lebanese Shi’a and the Emergence of Hizbullah,” Journal of Islamic Studies 14 (2003): 273-307; Laurence Louer, Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf, (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008), pp. 69-102.
Octobter 13 – FALL BREAK
October 15 – Sena Karasipahi, “Comparing Islamic Resurgence Movements in Turkey and Iran,” The Middle East Journal 63 (2009): 87-107; Shukran Vahide, “The Life and Times of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi,” The Muslim World 99 (1999): 208-44; Dale F. Eickelman, “Qur’anic Commentary, Public Space, and Religious Intellecutials in the Writings of Said Nursi,” The Muslim World 99 (1999): 260-9; Fethullah Gulen web site (paper topic chosen)
October 20 - Malika Zeghal, “Religion and Politics in Egypt: The Ulema of al-Azhar, Radical Islam, and the State (1952-94),” International Journal of Middle East Studies 31 (1999): 371-99; Juan Cole, Engaging the Muslim World, (New York: Palgrave- Macmillan, 2009), pp. 49-65.
October 22 – Mitchell, pp. 209-94.
October 27 – Qutb, pp. 7-105
October 29 – Qutb, pp. 107-60
November 3 – Ahmad Dallal, “The Origins and Objectives of Islamic Revivalist Thought, 1750-1850,” Journal of the American Oriental Society 113 (1993): 341-59; Kitab al-Tawhid, Commins, pp. 1-39
November 5– Commins, pp. 40-103
November 10 – Commins, pp. 104-209
November 12 – Hirschkind, pp. 1-66
November 17 – Hirschkind, pp. 67-42 (abstract due)
November 19 – Hirschkind, pp. 143-214
November 24 – NO CLASS – MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION
November 26 – Thanksgiving
December 1 – Presentation of Student Research
December 3 – Presentation of Student Research
December 8 – Presentation of Student Research
December 10 – Presentation of Student Research
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3 Comments:
What no Bernard Lewis? ;)
Gulen schools establish bridges or “peace islands” closing the gap among various nations and civilizations. So students will learn to respect the local culture and values of their own as well as the other cultures and faiths.
In spite of the fact that Gulen schools promote peace, still they are being criticized. Why should we all just get along and respect these schools who help educate our children?
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