UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Science 618: Political Islam Spring 2011

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1 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Science 618: Political Islam Spring 2011 MWF 8:50-9:40, Education L196 Lecturer: Jeremy Menchik, Office Hours: WF 10-11:30, 406 North Hall Revised Syllabus Contrary to much of the literature on the subject, it is not possible to talk about Islam and democracy in general but only about Muslims living and theorizing under specific historical circumstances. -Gundrun Krämer Islamist Notions of Democracy. Middle East Report No. 183: 2-8. Course Objectives: The Islamic revival is one of the most important developments of the twentieth century. This class is motivated by a set of interlocking questions designed to understand the political aspects of the revival by focusing on Islamist movements in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. What are their intellectual origins? How should we understand their relationship to colonialism, theology, nationalism, democracy, liberalism, economic development, and women and gender? Why do Islamist movements mobilize at different times, with different goals, and employing different strategies? Why and in what ways have these movements changed over time? We will explore these questions by examining a broad range of movements historically and in comparative perspective while drawing on scholarship from political science, Islamic studies, sociology, anthropology, and history. Rather than using a static definition of political Islam or Islamist, we will investigate the language, categories, and arguments of both prominent Islamists and everyday activists. By the end of the course students should possess an empirically grounded understanding of contemporary Islamist movements as well as the analytical tools necessary to explain their behavior. Course Requirements: Class participation (10%) Students are expected to attend every lecture and participate in discussions. It is essential that you complete the required readings in advance of each session and come to class ready to engage with the material and with your classmates. Response Papers (15%) Each student is required to write three short (2 full pages, doublespaced, 1 inch margins,.doc format) response papers to the readings over the course of the semester. Please turn electronic copies into the course dropbox on Learn@UW by 9pm on the evening prior to class. Although students have discretion on which specific readings they respond to, each student is expected to write at least one essay during Parts II and III of the course. You will sign up for these during the second class of the semester. To receive full credit, each response paper should be a critical analysis of the reading and not a summary. Midterms (20% each) In-class on February 11 and March 9. Final Exam (35%) The final exam is a take-home essay, pages in length, due in my mailbox before May 11 at 4:45pm. The exam will be handed out at the end of class on May 6. In lieu of the exam, students may opt to write a page research paper. Students who take 1 of 8

2 this option are required to discuss their topic with me (during office hours) before February 18 and submit an abstract and preliminary list of sources before April 1. Special Needs: If you have any special needs or circumstances, such as a learning disability or health concern, please do not hesitate to speak with me and we can discuss suitable accommodations and assistance. Academic Misconduct: Plagiarism and cheating are serious offences and will be punished in accordance UW s academic misconduct policies: Grading scale A = 93 AB = B = BC = C = D = F = Below 60 Electronic communications in class: Please close all accounts, cell phones, pagers, instant messaging programs, homing pigeons, and any other communication devices for the duration of class. These are serious distractions to the instructor and your fellow students. Other Important Notice: Make up examinations will be granted only in limited cases. I will make arrangements in the event of: genuine family emergencies, travel away from Madison due to university obligations (athletic or academic with two weeks advance notice), or severe illness or injury. If you are ill or injured, you will need proper documentation from a doctor. Required Texts: Roxanne L Euben and Muhammad Qasim Zaman Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought: Texts and Contexts from al-banna to Bin Laden. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Peter Mandaville Global Political Islam. New York: Routledge. Shaul Mishal and Avraham Sela. 2000/2006. The Palestinian Hamas: Vision, Violence, and Coexistence. New York: Columbia University Press. [Free through NetLibrary] Jenny B. White Islamist Mobilization in Turkey: A Study in Vernacular Politics. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Quintan Wiktorowicz The Management of Islamic Activism: Salafis, the Muslim Brotherhood, and State Power in Jordan. Albany: State University of New York Press Nathan J Brown and Amr Hamzawy Between Religion and Politics. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. William Cleveland A History of the Modern Middle East. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Saba Mahmood The Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject. Princeton: Princeton University Press. [Free through ACLS Humanities E- Book] Frédréric Volpi Political Islam Observed. New York: Columbia University Press. Part I: Concepts and Methods January 19 (W) Introduction: Why Study Political Islam? 2 of 8

3 January 21 (F) Our Framework Lisa Wedeen Beyond the Crusades. Social Science Research Council Vol. 4, No. 2-3: 1-6. Eva Bellin Faith in Politics: New Trends in the Study of Religion and Politics. World Politics Vol. 60, No. 2: January 24 (M) Key Concepts Mandaville, Introduction, John Esposito and Ibrahim Kalin Most Influential Muslims in the World. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, January 26 (W) Streams and States Mandaville, Chapter 2: Islam and Politics, Clifford Geertz Two Countries, Two Cultures. In Islam Observed, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Pew Research Center Mapping the Global Muslim Population. Washington, DC: Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, John Bowen On Scriptural Essentialism and Ritual Variation: Muslim Sacrifice in Sumatra and Morocco. American Ethnologist Vol. 19, No. 4: Part II: Cases January 28 (F) The Ottoman Empire Mandaville, Chapter 2: Islam and Politics, Cleveland, Chapter 3: The Ottoman and Safavid Empires: A New Imperial Synthesis, Karen Barkey Islam and Toleration: Studying the Ottoman Imperial Model. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society Vol. 19, No. 1: January 31 (M) Islamic Revival and Reform Mandaville, Chapter 2: Islam and Politics, Nikkie R Keddie Sayyid Jamal al-din al-afghani. In Pioneers of the Islamic Revival, ed. Ali Rahnama, London: Zed Books, February 2 (W) Yvonne Haddad Muhammad Abduh. In Pioneers of the Islamic Revival, ed. Ali Rahnama, London: Zed Books, Cleveland, Chapter 9: World War I and the End of the Ottoman Order, February 4 (F) Egypt: The Origins of Modern Islamist Movements Richard P. Mitchell Hasan Al-Banna and the Founding of the Society of Muslim Brothers, Cairo: The Rise to Power. In The Society of the Muslim Brothers, London: Oxford University Press, Euben and Zaman, Chapter 2: Hasan Al-Banna, February 7 (M) 3 of 8

4 Mandaville, Chapter 3: State Formation and the Making of Islamism, Euben and Zaman, Chapter 5: Sayyid Qutb, Ellis Goldberg Smashing Idols and the State: The Protestant Ethic and Egyptian Sunni Radicalism. Comparative Studies in Society and History Vol. 33, No. 1: February 9 (W) Tamir Moustafa Conflict and Cooperation Between the State and Religious Institutions in Contemporary Egypt. International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 32: Bruce K. Rutherford What do Egypt's Islamists Want? Moderate Islam and the Rise of Islamic Constitutionalism. The Middle East Journal Vol. 60, No. 4: Nathan J Brown and Amr Hamzawy Chapter 2: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Islamist Participation in a Closing Political Environment. In Between Religion and Politics, Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, February 11 (F) Midterm Exam 1 February 14 (M) Turkey: Islamism in the Vernacular White, Chapter 1: The Political Economy of Culture, February 16 (W) White, Chapter 2: Religion and Politics in Everyday, R. Quinn Mecham From the ashes of virtue, a promise of light: the transformation of political Islam in Turkey. Third World Quarterly Vol. 25, No. 2: February 18 (F) White, Ch. 6: Civil Society: In Whose Service? Sebnem Gumuscu Class, Status, and Party: The Changing Face of Political Islam in Turkey and Egypt. Comparative Political Studies Vol. 43, No. 7: Omer Taspinar The Old Turks' Revolt: When Radical Secularism Endangers Democracy. Foreign Affairs Vol. 86, No. 6: February 21 (M) Iran: Islamism from Above Mandaville, Chapter 5: Islam as the System, February 23 (W) Nikkie Keddie Iranian Revolutions in Comparative Perspective. The American Historical Review Vol. 88, No. 3: Euben and Zaman, Chapter 6: Ruhollah Khomeini, February 25 (F) 4 of 8

5 Charles Kurzman Critics Within: Islamic Scholars Protests against the Islamic State in Iran. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society Vol. 15, No. 2: February 28 (M) Indonesia: Political Islam from the Periphery Chiara Formichi Pan-Islam and Religious Nationalism: The Case of Kartosuwiryo and Negara Islam Indonesia. Indonesia Vol. 90, October: Howard Federspiel, Islam and Nationalism. Indonesia Vol. 24: March 2 (W) Guest Lecture (Tentative): Ben Smith Robin Bush, Redefining Political Islam in Indonesia: Nahdlatul Ulama and Khittah 26. Studio Islamika Vol. 7, No. 2: Howard Federspiel Islamic Values, Law and Expectations in Contemporary Indonesia. Islamic Law and Society Vol. 5, No. 1: Sidney Jones It Can't Happen Here : A Post-Khomeini Look at Indonesian Islam. Asian Survey Vol. 20, No. 3: March 4 (F) Anies Baswedan Political Islam in Indonesia: present and future trajectory. Asian Survey Vol. 44, No. 5: Dewi Kurniawati The Voice of Liberal Islam: Interview with Ulil Abshar Abdalla. The Jakarta Globe. June 22. Quinton Temby Imagining an Islamic State in Indonesia: From Darul Islam to Jemaah Islamiyah. Indonesia Vol. 89: Robin Bush Regional Sharia Regulations in Indonesia: Anomaly or Symptom? In Expressing Islam: Religious Life and Politics in Indonesia, ed. Greg Fealy and Sally White. Singapore: ISEAS Press. March 7 (M) Review March 9 (W) Midterm Exam 2 March 11 (F) Film Screening *** SPRING BREAK! March *** March 21 (M) Jordan: Islamism and State Power Wiktorowicz, Introduction and Ch. 1: The Management of Collective Action, March 23 (W) Wiktorowicz, Ch. 2: State Power and the Regulation of Islam, March 25 (F) Wiktorowicz, Ch. 3: Islamic Social Movements and the Muslim Brotherhood, of 8

6 Nathan J Brown and Amr Hamzawy Chapter 3: Jordan and Its Islamic Movement: The Limits of Inclusion? In Between Religion and Politics. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 28 (M) Palestine: Islamism in Weak and Failed States Mandaville, Chapter 6: Islam for Lack of a System, Mishal and Sela, Chapter 1: Social Roots and Institutional Development, 13-26; Appendix Two: March 30 (W) Mishal and Sela, Chapter 2: Dogmas and Dilemmas, 27-48; Chapter 3: Controlled Violence, April 1 (F) Mishal and Sela, Chapter 4: Coexistence Within Conflict, Nathan J Brown and Amr Hamzawy Chapter 7: Hamas: Battling to Blend Religion, Politics, Resistance and Governance. In Between Religion and Politics. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 4 (M) A Road to Mecca: The Journey of Muhammad Asad (film) April 6 (W) A Road to Mecca: The Journey of Muhammad Asad (film) Muhammad Asad Chapter 3: Government by Consent and Council, 30-50; Chapter 4: Relationship Between Executive and Legislature, [Skim]. In The Principles of State and Government in Islam. April 8 (F) Radical Islamism: Al-Qaeda Mandaville, Chapter 7: Radical Islamism and Jihad Beyond the Nation-State, Euben and Zaman, Chapter 18: Usama bin Laden, April 11 (M) Daniel L Byman Al-Qaeda as an Adversary: Do We Understand Our Enemy? World Politics Vol. 56, No. 1: Terry McDermott The Mastermind: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the making of 9/11. The New Yorker, September 13. April 13 (W) Guest Lecture on Sudan (Tentative): Geraldine O Mahony Mandaville, Additional Readings TBD. April 15 (F) Non-Violent Radicals: Hizb ut-tahrir Mandaville, Chapter 7: Radical Islamism and Jihad Beyond the Nation-State, Kathleen Collins Ideas, Networks, and Islamist Movements: Evidence from Central Asia and the Caucasus. World Politics Vol. 60, No. 1: of 8

7 Amr Hamzawy and Sarah Grebowski From Violence to Moderation: Al-Jama a al- Islamiya and al-jihad. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Fawaz Gerges The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Part III: Themes April 18 (M) Islamist Women and Gender Euban and Zaman, Chapter 11: Zaynab Al-Ghazali, Abdel-Latif Omayma In the Shadow of the Brothers: The Women of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 20 (W) Guest Lecture: Shahirah Mahmood Margot Badran Chapter 9: Towards Islamic Feminisms: A Look at the Middle East. In Feminism in Islam: Secular and Religious Convergences. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, Robinson Kathryn Chapter 7: Islam and the Politics of Gender. In Gender, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia. New York: Routledge, Rachel Rinaldo Envisioning the Nation: Women Activists, Religion and the Public Sphere in Indonesia. Social Forces Vol. 86, No. 4: April 22 (F) Shahla Haeri Challenging marriage laws in contemporary Shi i Iran: On being an ayatollah s granddaughter in modern Iran. Contending Modernities Blog. Dec Saba Mahmood Chapter 2: Topography of the Piety Movement, 40-78, Epilogue, In The Politics of Piety: The Islamist Revival and the Feminist Subject. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Khaled Abou El Fadl Speaking in God s Name. Oxford: OneWorld Press. Lisa Blaydes and Drew Linzer The Political Economy of Women's Support for Fundamentalist Islam. World Politics Vol. 60, No. 4: Jeremy Menchik Secularizing Shari a: Islamic Law and Family Planning in Indonesia ( ). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada. Sep 1. Michael L. Ross Oil, Islam, and Women. American Political Science Review Vol. 102: April 25 (M) Democracy Euban and Zaman, Chapter 9: Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, Marina Ottaway and Amr Hamzawy Islamists in Politics: The Dynamics of Participation. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowments for International Peace, April 27 (W) Ethics 7 of 8

8 Saba Mahmood Ethical Formation and Politics of Individual Autonomy in Contemporary Egypt. Social Research Vol. 70, No. 3: Charles Hirschkind Civic Virtue and Religious Reason: An Islamic Counter-Public. Cultural Anthropology Vol. 16, No. 1: Sabri Ciftci Modernization, Islam, or Social Capital: What Explains Attitudes Toward Democracy in the Muslim World? Comparative Political Studies Vol. XX, No. X: April 29 (F) US Foreign Policy Amr Hamzawy The Key to Arab Reform: Moderate Islamists. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1-8. Saba Mahmood Secularism, Hermeneutics, and Empire: The Politics of Islamic Reformation. Public Culture Vol. 18, No. 2: Daniel Pipes There are No Moderates: Dealing with Fundamentalist Islam. National Interest. September 1: 1-8. M. Steven Fish et al Islam and Large-Scale Political Violence: Is There a Connection? Comparative Political Studies Vol. 43, No. 11: [Skim] May 2 (M) Mahmood Mamdani Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: a Political Perspective on Culture and Terrorism. American Anthropologist Vol. 104, No. 3: Peter Krause and Stephen Van Evera, Public Diplomacy: Ideas for the War of Ideas. Middle East Policy Vol. XVI, No.3, Fall: Andrew Higgins As Indonesia debates Islam's role, U.S. stays out: Post-9/11 push to boost moderates gives way. The Washington Post. October 25. May 4 (W) Wrapping Up: Beyond Islamism? Asef Bayat What is Post-Islamism? ISIM Review Vol. 16: 5. Bernard Lewis The Revolt of Islam. The New Yorker Vol. 77, No. 36: Jenny B. White The End of Islamism? In Remaking Muslim Politics: Pluralism, Contestation, Democratization, ed. Robert W. Hefner. Princeton: Princeton University Press, Mandaville, Chapter 10: Beyond Islamism, Nathan J. Brown The Irrelevance of the International Muslim Brotherhood, Foreign Policy, September 20: 1-5. Yvonne Haddad Operation Desert Storm and the War of the Fatwas. In Islamic Legal Interpretation: Muftis and Their Fatwas, ed. Muhammad Khalid Masud et al. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, Frédréric Volpi Political Islam Observed. New York: Columbia University Press. May 6 (F) Review *** Final Exam Questions Distributed After Class May 6 *** Due May 11, 4:45pm 8 of 8