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3.00 Credits
Taking these courses in sequence is recommended but not required. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This sequence surveys the main trends in the political history of the Islamic world, with some attention to economic, social, and intellectual history.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the period from ca. 1100 to 1750, including the arrival of the Steppe Peoples (Turks and Mongols), the Mongol successor states, and the Mamluks of Egypt and Syria. We also study the foundation of the great Islamic regional empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Moghuls. J. Woods. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the period from ca. 1750 to the present, focusing on Western military, economic, and ideological encroachment; the impact of such ideas as nationalism and liberalism; efforts at reform in the Islamic states; the emergence of the "modern" Middle East after World War I; the struggle for liberation from Western colonial and imperial control; the Middle Eastern states in the cold war era; and local and regional conflicts . H. Shissler. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins by defining the nation both historically and conceptually, with attention to Romantic nationalism and its flourishing in Southeastern Europe. We then look at the narrative of original wholeness, loss, and redemption through which Balkan countries retell their Ottoman past. With the help of Freud's analysis of masochistic desire and i ek' s theory of the subject as constituted by trauma, we contemplate the national fixation on the trauma of loss and the dynamic between victimhood and sublimity. The figure of the Janissary highlights the significance of the other in the definition of the self. Some possible texts are Petar Njego 's Mountain Wreath; Ismail Kadare' s The Castle ; and Anto n Donchev ? Time of Parting. A. Ilieva. Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the period from ca. 600 to 1100, concentrating on the career of the Prophet Muhammad; Qur'an and Hadith; the Caliphate; the development of Islamic legal, theological, philosophical, and mystical discourses; sectarian movements; and Arabic literature. T. Qutbuddin. Autumn.
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3.00 Credits
Taking these courses in sequence is recommended but not required. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This sequence surveys Islamic civilization from the rise of Islam in the seventh century to modern times. Texts in English.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the period from ca. 1100 to 1800. We survey Islamic political, social, and cultural development in the eras of the Crusades, the Mongol invasions, and the "gunpowder empires" (e.g., Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals) through the works of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish literature and the art and architecture of selected regions . F. Lewis. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the period from ca. 1800 to the present, exploring works of Arab intellectuals who interpreted various aspects of Islamic philosophy, political theory, and law in the modern age. We look at diverse interpretations concerning the role of religion in a modern society, at secularized and historicized approaches to religion, and at the critique of both religious establishments and nation-states as articulated by Arab intellectuals. Generally, we discuss secondary literature first and the primary sources later. O. Bashkin. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Texts in English. This course is offered in alternate years. J. Woods. Not offered 2009 C10; will be offered 201 0 -11.
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3.00 Credits
W. Kaegi. Autumn.
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