Islamic Political Thought
An introduction to Islamic political thought, covering main ideas, questions, debates of the Islamic religio-political society, from the Qur'an to the present. Among the authors studied include al-Farabi, al-Mawardi, Ibn Khaldun, Islamic feminists, Islamic modernists, and Islamists.
Outcomes: Students will be able to identify assumptions of arguments, critically assess different theories, and, having been familiarized with the inherent entanglement of religion and politics, will be able to identify what is specific to Islamic governance and what may be universalized.
Outcomes: Students will be able to identify assumptions of arguments, critically assess different theories, and, having been familiarized with the inherent entanglement of religion and politics, will be able to identify what is specific to Islamic governance and what may be universalized.