MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT Fall Course Assignments for REL 4367/Section 2425 & POS/4931Section 2729

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1 MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT Fall 2012 Course Assignments for REL 4367/Section 2425 & POS/4931Section 2729 In addition to our readings we will view several documentaries during the semester. Date/ Readings and Other Assignments: 1.) 8/23. Introductions of class members, introduction to the class including review of Syllabus, bibliography for the Course, Goals, Class Requirements. Video Inside Islam Part I - with discussion. 2.) 8/28. Readings: Background Information on Islam & text of Simmons talk: ISLAM: THE MYTH VS. THE REALITIES: This will be sent as a pdf file via our Course List.. Video Inside Islam Part I - with discussion. Discussion on the basics of Islam. 3.) 8/30. Readings- The Modern Middle East: A History, Part I: The Advent of the Modern Age Introduction: 9/11 in Historical Perspective, pp 1-8 & Chapters: 1). From Late Antiquity to the Dawn of a New Age, pp ) 9/04. Readings: The Contemporary Middle East The Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East, pp (Please note: This is a change from the earlier Course Outline and is a new book and this chapter will be sent as a pdf.) & The Modern Middle East: A History, Part I: 2). Gunpowder Empires, pp & 3). The Middle East and the Modern World System, pp , & 4.) War, Diplomacy, and the New Global Balance of Power, pp Read the Documents, pp ) 9/06 Readings: Readings: The Modern Middle East: A History, Part II: The Question of Modernity (Intro) pp & chapter 5.) Defensive Developmentalism pp Students are to turn in the list of dates for the Four Reaction Papers you will write during the semester. ALSO, please give me the two dates (1 st & 2 nd choice) for your Oral Presentation in class. 6.) 9/11 Readings: The Modern Middle East: A History, Part II: Chapter: 6). Imperialism, pp & Chapter 7.), Wasif Jawhariyyeh & the Great Nineteenth Century Transformation, pp Also, review the Photo Essay: The Great Transformation, pp Organizing and first meeting of research groups 7). 9/013. Readings from: The Modern Middle East: A History, Part II: Chapter: 8). 1

2 The Life of the Mind, pp & Islam in Transition, Introduction, pp. 1-6, 1.) Early Responses: Crisis And The Search for Identity, 7-8, & Rifa A Badawi Rafi Al-Tahtawi ( ), Fatherland and Patriotism 9-10 & Civilization, Islam And Reason, 11-12, Sayyid Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani, ( ), An Islamic Response to Imperialism & Islamic Solidarity, pp Written Full Book Title with name of Author, Press and Publication Date for Book Review to be turned in Today 9/13/2012 8). 9/18. Readings from: Chapter 9.) Secularism and Modernity, pp & Religion and Politics in the MIDDLE EAST, (This is a new book and this chapter will be sent as a pdf.) 1.) The Political Determinants of Religion, pp ). 9/20. Class Cancelled Today Please work on your Book Reviews 10). 9/25. Readings from: The Modern Middle East: A History, Part II: Chapter: 10). Constitutionalism, pp & Documents: pp & Islam in Transition, Shaykh Muhammad Abduh, ( ), Islam, Reason, and Civilization, pp , Ali Abd Al-Raziq, ( ), The Caliphate and the Bases of Power, pp , Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan ( ), India and English Government, pp , Islam: The Religion of Reason and Nature, pp ). 9/27 Readings from: The Modern Middle East: A History, Part III: World War I And the Middle East State System (Intro) pp & Chapters: 11). State-Building by Decree, pp & 12), State Building by Revolution and Conquest, pp ). 10/02 Readings from: The Contemporary Middle East, Chapter 2, The Middle East and Its Political Systems, pp & Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought: 1.) Introduction, pp.1-46, Part I, Islamism: An Emergent Worldview, 2). Hasan al-banna, ( ) Toward the Light, pp This is a new book and this chapter will be sent as a pdf via our Class List. 13). 10/04. Readings from: Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought: Chapter 3). Sayyid Abu L-A La Mawdudi ( ), pp The Islamic Law, pp & Chapter 4). Sayyid Abu L-Hasan Ali Nadwi ( ), pp & Muslim Decadence And Revival, pp (This chapter will be sent as a pdf via our Class List) & Islam in Transition Part II, Islam And The Modern State, The New Renaissance, pp Islam And Nationalism, pp , & Rashid Rida ( ), Patriotism, Nationalism and Group Spirit in Islam, pp & Amir Shakib Arslan, , Our Decline and Its Causes, pp

3 Second Meeting of Small Research Project Groups 14). 10/09. Readings from: The Contemporary Middle East, Chapter 3, The Roots of Arab Bitterness, pp , (This chapter will be sent as a pdf via our Class List) & Islam in Transition Part II, Cont d. Sait Al-Hursi, ( ), Muslim Unity and Arab Unity, pp , Taha Husayn, ( ), The Future of Culture in Egypt, pp , Hasan Al-Banna ( , The New Renaissance, pp & Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought, Chapter 5). Sayyid Qutb ( ), pp , & Signposts Along The Road, pp , & Islam in Transition Part II & Sayyid Qutb , Social Justice in Islam, pp , 15). 10/11. Readings from: Islam in Transition Part II, Cont d Abd Al- Rahman Al- Bazzaz, , Islam and Arab Nationalism, pp , & Muhammad Iqbal , A Separate Muslim State in the Subcontinent, pp , & Abu-L Ala- Mawdudi , Nationalism and Islam, pp , The Modern Middle East: A History, Part III, Chapter 13). The Introduction and Spread of Nationalism, pp & Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought, 4). Sayyid Abu L- Hasan Ali Nadwi, , pp ). 10/16. Readings from: The Modern Middle East: A History, Part III, 14). The Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute, pp , Documents, pp & The Contemporary Middle East, Chapter 4, The Palestinians, pp & Chapter 5, Israel & the Arabs & Beyond, pp , & Chapter 6, Ethnicity and National- Building in the State of Israel, pp.75-86, Islam in Transition Part II, Shaykh Mahmud Shaltut, ( ), Socialism and Islam, pp , Mu ammar Al-Qadhdhafi, ( ), The Third Way, pp , Sadiq Al-Azm, _, A Criticism of Religious Thought, pp & Mustafa Siba l, ( ), Islamic Socialism, pp ). 10/18. Readings from: The Modern Middle East: A History, Part IV, The Contemporary Era, pp , Chapter 15). State and Society in the Contemporary Middle East: An Old/New Relationship, pp & Chapter 16)., Oil, pp & Chapter 17), The United States and the Middle East, pp , Chapter 19). The Iranian Revolution, pp ). 10/23. Readings from: The Modern Middle East: A History, Part IV, The Contemporary Era, Chapter 20). Political Islam, pp & Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism, Introduction & Chapter 1, Islamic Fundamentalism, pp & Chapter 2). The Origins of Fundamentalism, pp ). 10/25. Readings from: Islam in Transition Part III, Islam & Social Change, pp & pp

4 Book Reviews Due Today. Begin brief Oral Presentations of Book reviews to be accompanied by a 1 page printed hand-out with synopsis of your book and full citation, i.e. Full Title with subtitle if any, full name of author(s), publication city, name of press and date of publication. Begin Oral Presentations of Book Reviews with Hand-Outs.. 20). 10/30. Readings from: Islam in Transition, Islam And Democracy, pp & Readings from: Progressive Muslims, Introduction, pp Brief Oral Presentation of Book Reviews with Hand-Outs, Cont d.. 21). 11/01. Readings from: Progressive Muslims, Chapters 1 & 2, pp ). 11/6. Readings from: Progressive Muslims, Chapters 6, 7, & 8, pp & Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism, Chapters 3 & 4, ). 11/08. Readings from: Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism, Chapters 5 & 6, pp Small Group Meetings. 23). 11/13. Readings from: Islam in Transition Part IV, Islam & The West: Clash & Dialogue, pp & Jihad Defined And Redefined, pp ). 11/15. Readings from: Islam in Transition Part IV cont d, Jihad Defined & Redefined, pp ). 11/20. CLASS CANCELLED ATTENDING THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION MEETINGS THANKSGIVING BREAK 11/21-11/25 26). 11/27. Readings from: Islam in Transition Part IV cont d, Global Voices: Issues of Identity, pp & Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism, Chapters 7 & Conclusion, & Progressive Muslims, Chapter 9, pp , Chapter 13, pp , & Chapter 14, pp ). 11/29. The Modern Middle East: A History, Part IV, Contemporary Era, Conclusion, pp & Small Group Reports on Projects with each member having a brief synopsis of their segment of the Project and their bibliography of sources. All bibliographies are to have full citations of sources whether, books, journal articles, newspaper articles, etc. 4

5 28). 12/4. Small Group Reports on Projects Cont d. & Class Party Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons, Ph.D. 107-A. Anderson Hall Prvt line: (352) Religion off: (352) Final Research Papers Due on 12/10 by 5pm Please Bring Hard Copy to my office Do not Enjoy your Break HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 5