ARAB-411 Islamic Thought on the Eve of Modernity

ARAB-411 Islamic Thought on the Eve of Modernity

Faculty:

Dallal, Ahmad

This course starts by examining the main reform movements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the transformations in Islamic thought in the wake of the encounter with Europe. The course then explores various models of Islamic political and social activism, and major themes addressed by leading thinkers of Islamic movements in the twentieth century. The focus is on Islamic movements from Egypt and the Arab Middle East, India/Pakistan, and Iran. Topics include the intellectual networks of scholars in the eighteenth century, the contexts of various forms of reform and revival, questions of continuity and European influence, the effects of the encounter with colonialism and imperialism, the attitude toward nationalism and other modern ideologies, and Islamic discussions of modernity and liberalism. In addition to background essays, we will read primary sources in translation; the selected texts are classics that have wide circulation within contemporary Islamic movements.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: None

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• 2005-2006

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