(in Polish) Cywilizacja świata irańskiego 1.1 3600-7-IR1-CSI1.1
The course is intended to familiarize students with knowledge concerning the fundamental aspects of the language, culture, literature, history, art, religion, and philosophy of the Iranian world. The material is presented from an interdisciplinary perspective, with emphasis on the interrelations between the natural environment, history, socio-cultural transformations, and the major achievements of the civilization of Iran and, more broadly, the Iranian world.
The course is organized into modules spanning six semesters, and students achieve all intended learning outcomes through the completion of the entire set of modules defined for the course. During classes, discussion-based methods are employed to support practical engagement with the material through collective analysis of texts and workshop-style activities; the course combines lectures with presentations, discussions, and independent student work.
As part of extensive independent study conducted outside class and in preparation for examinations, students systematically and independently analyze the provided teaching materials, develop assigned topics, broaden their knowledge through additional sources, and consolidate lecture content related to the selected module. These activities include both the critical reading of texts and the independent organization, interpretation, and integration of acquired knowledge, constituting an important element in achieving the learning outcomes defined for the course.
LITERATURA
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Introduction to the study of Islam as a religion and a civilization. The course begins with an overview of the origins of Islam against the backdrop of the political and religious situation in the Middle East in the 6th–7th centuries, the career of the Prophet Muhammad, and the Qur’anic revelation. It then presents the doctrines and rituals of Islam, the primary sources of Muslim doctrine, Islamic law, theological and politico-religious movements, as well as Muslim mysticism—Sufism. The subsequent part of the lectures discusses religions that emerged from Islam and within the Muslim milieu, as well as transformations in the contemporary Muslim world, including fundamentalist and modernist trends. Particular attention will be devoted to the concept of jihad—from its origins in the Qur’an and the literature of fiqh, through its development in the times of Ibn Taymiyyah and Abd al-Wahhab, up to the present day. |
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Learning outcomes
KNOWLEDGE. Upon completion of the course provided for in the curriculum, the student knows and understands:
at an advanced level, the most important phenomena, movements, and literary texts of the Iranian world (K_W03);
at an advanced level, the influence and role of historical processes, religion, and philosophical systems of the Iranian world in shaping contemporary conditions (K_W04);
the philosophy and religion of the Iranian world (K_W05);
the art and aesthetics of the Iranian world (K_W06);
the influence of the natural environment, economic conditions, international relations, and the ethnic, demographic, and political situation on the social and cultural issues of the Iranian world in both historical and contemporary perspectives (K_W07);
the principles of translation from Persian into Polish (K_W09);
at an advanced level, methods of analysis and interpretation of various cultural products characteristic of the indigenous traditions of the Iranian world (K_W10).
SKILLS. Upon completion of the course provided for in the curriculum, the student is able to:
correctly situate the Iranian world region within the context of natural, geopolitical, and economic conditions (K_U03);
read and interpret literary texts and other works of cultural production (film, press, and socially oriented writings) of the Iranian world, properly placing them within their cultural context, as well as analyze, compare, and identify relationships between them and issues of tradition and modernity (K_U04);
analyze the major phenomena and movements in the art of the Iranian world (K_U05);
present issues related to the cultural problems of the Iranian world in both Polish and Persian, taking into account the intellectual traditions of the Iranian world (K_U13).
COMPETENCES. Upon completion of the course provided for in the curriculum, the student is prepared to:
explore cultural diversity, its sources, and its significance for the contemporary world (K_K02);
reflect on the place and significance of the culture of the Iranian world within global culture (K_K03);
recognize the socio-cultural values of the Iranian world, which may serve as a
Assessment criteria
Oral pass / written pass / oral examination / written examination.
Bibliography
A selection of bibliography suggested by the lecturer.
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Literatura: Benjamin R. Barber, Fear’s Empire. War, Terrorism, and Democracy, New York 2003 L. Binder, Islamic liberalism, Chicago 1988 Jason Burke, Al-Qaeda. The True Story of Radical Islam, London 2003 Michael Cook, Muhammad, Cambridge 1983 John L. Esposito, Islam. The Straight Path, New York 1988. John L. Esposito, Unholy War. Terror in the Name of Islam, Oxford 2002. Fred Halliday, The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology, Cambridge 2005. Fred Halliday, Islam and the Myth of Confrontation. Religion and Politics in the Middle East, London 1996 A. Hourani, A History of the Arabs, London 1991 Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York 1996. Ed Husain, The Islamist, London 2007. Gilles Kepel, The War for Muslim Minds. Islam and the West, Cambridge Mass. 2004. Khalid Bin Sayeed, Western Dominance and Political Islam. Challenge and Response, New York 1995. Bernard Lewis, What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response, Oxford 2002. Bernard Lewis, Arabs in History, Oxford 2002. Mahmood Mamdani, Good Muslim, Bad Muslim. America, the Cold War and the Roots of Terror, New York 2004 Malise Ruthven, Fundamentalism. The Search for Meaning, Oxford 2004 Edward Said, Orientalism, Oxford 1978 Jane Smith, Islam in America, New York 1999 Philipp W. Sutton and Stephen Vertigans, Resurgent Islam. A Sociological Approach, Cambridge 2005 W. M. Watt, Islam and the Integration of Society, London 1970 W.M. Montgomery Watt, Islamic Philosophy and Theology, Edinburgh 1962 and 1972. W.M. Montgomery Watt, Islamic Political Thought, Edinburgh 1987 B. Lewis, The Middle East, Chicago 1995 The Cambridge History of Islam, vol.1-2, Cambridge 1970 Malise Ruthven, Islam in the World, London 199 |