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RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

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RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

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Anno accademico 2023/2024

Codice attività didattica
CPS0576
Docente
Daniel Serge Meier (Titolare dell'insegnamento)
Corso di studio
Corso di laurea magistrale in Antropologia culturale ed etnologia (LM-1)
Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze internazionali (Classe LM-52)
Anno
1° anno
Periodo
Primo semestre
Tipologia
Caratterizzante
Crediti/Valenza
9
SSD attività didattica
SPS/08 - sociologia dei processi culturali e comunicativi
Erogazione
Tradizionale
Lingua
Inglese
Frequenza
Facoltativa
Tipologia esame
Orale
Propedeutico a
None
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Sommario insegnamento

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Obiettivi formativi


The course aims to:
- Introduce students to a general understanding of Islamism, its birth, its definitions, its basic theories and its transformations.
- Make students aware of the complexity and plurality of Islamism.
- Provide students with the analytical tools required to analyse critically the theoretical and methodological approaches employed to study Islamism.

 

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Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi



At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Have a solid knowledge of Islamism, its birth, its definitions, its basic theories and transformations
- Analyze Islamism in its plurality
- Develop critical thinking vis-à-vis the existing literature on Islamism(s).

 

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Programma



- Lecture 1: 22 February - Introduction & The formation of the Modern Middle East: state borders between Islam and Pan-Arabism
- Lecture 2: 23 February - Authoritarianism, Democracy & Islam. What is political Islam?
- Lecture 3: 29 February - Genealogy of Islamism: Nahda and the early thinkers
- Lecture 4: 1 March - Sayyid Qutb and the radicalism of Political Islam
- Lecture 5: 7 March - The Muslim Brotherhood: from violence to democracy?
- Lecture 6: 8 March - The Arab Spring
- Lecture 7: 14 March - Sectarianism in the Gulf
- Lecture 8: 15 March - Sectarianism in the Middle East and North Africa: the case of Lebanon
- Lecture 9: 21 March - Salafism in Lebanon & the Palestinian networks
- Lecture 10: 22 March - Islamism in the Shia tradition
- Lecture 11: 4 April - The Sunni-Shia Divide? Case study with the Iraq vs Iran
- Lecture 12: 5 April - Hizbullah and the transformation of the Lebanese State
- Lecture 13: 11 April - The Palestinian case: Hamas and Islamic Jihâd
- Lecture 14: 12 April - The Iraqi quagmire: a story of al-Qaida and its offsprings
- Lecture 15: 18 April - The Syrian civil war: sectarianism and salafi-jihadism
- Lecture 16: 19 April - Contemporary Salafism and the Arab Spring
- Lecture 17: 2 May - The rise of Jihadi Salafism
- Lecture 18: 3 May - The IS Caliphate and beyond
- Lecture 19: 9 May - Final thoughts

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Modalità di insegnamento

The course adopts a lecture/seminar format. The lecturer will introduce the topic of the day and students are expected to contribute to class discussions.

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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento



Students will be assessed on 1 research essay (50% of the final mark), on 4 reading reports (25% of the final mark) and on a book report (25% of the final mark). The essay is due on Thursday May 2, 2024 and should be sent to me by e-mail. Students are encouraged to choose their own topic with previous agreement from the teacher. The research essay will be no longer than 5000 words; it should be analytical and not descriptive. The essay must be the student’s own work as plagiarism will not be tolerated. Plagiarism will be treated very seriously, and in order to avoid suspicion, students should reference their work correctly. The reading reports are to be hand-delivered in class (or by email before class) before the lecture you’ve chosen to do the report on. All the bibliographical references are eligible to write a report. The report will be no longer than 500 words and it is the summary of the main points the author(s) wishes to convey. The book report is due on Friday April 19, 2024 and should be sent to me by e-mail. Students will have to demonstrate that they have actually read the book and identify the main arguments the author(s) puts forth. In addition, students will have to highlight the strength and weaknesses of the arguments made in the book by employing specific examples and relying on other readings. The report will be no longer than 2,000 words. A list of books is provided on the last page of the course outline, but you can choose to write the report on a book of your choice with previous agreement with the teacher.

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