ISLAMIC STUDIES 1

The course "Islamology" is part of the related and supplementary training activities of the Near and Middle East (VMO) (compulsory exam) and the Indian Subcontinent (SCI) curricula (optional exam) of the Degree Course in "Languages, Cultures and Societies of Asia" and of Mediterranean Africa (LICSAAM)".
The teaching contributes to the achievement of the educational objectives of the Degree Course in the area of cultural and humanistic skills.
The aim of the course is to give a general survey on the history of Islam and its political and religious currents and denominations for students interested in the languages spoken in North Africa and the Middle East (Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew) and in the knowledge of the complex political and religious dynamics of the area under study.

At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1) define the main facts which characterize the history of Islam;
2) possess a basic terminology related to the various political and religious denominations of Islamic history and its thought structures. This will enable students to be familiar with the main theoretical issues related to the world of Islam;
3) comprehend the main themes of Islamic religious and political history.

No previous knowledge in the field is required.

The origins of Islam: sources and methodology; The Prophet, The Koran, the Community, the Calipahte.
"Orthodoxy" and religious dissent (8th-15th centuries).
The Turkish-Mongol dyanaties (11th-15th centuries); the great empires of the modern era, 16th-18th centuries (Ottomans, Safavids, Moghul).

L. Capezzone, M. Salati, L'ISLAM SCIITA. STORIA DI UNA MINORANZA, Edizioni Lavoro, Roma, 2006

One of the following texts:
B. Amoretti Scarcia, IL CORANO. UNA LETTURA, Carocci editore, Roma, 2009;
F. Donner, MAOMETTO E LE ORIGINI DELL'ISLAM, Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi,31, Torino, 2010

One of the following texts:
M. Campanini, K. Mezran, I FRATELLI MUSULMANI NEL MONDO CONTEMPORANEO, Utet, Torino, 2010
M. Campanini, STORIA DEL PENSIERO POLITICO ISLAMICO. DAL PROFETA MUHAMMAD AD OGGI, Mondadori Education, 2017

The exam consists of a 25-minute oral exam including a series of questions (approximately 5-6 questions) on the topics covered during the course and on the suggested texts, chosen by the student.
The exam aims at verifying the student's competence in the main themes of Islamic civilization, and the most relevant religious-political currents and institutions.

The exam will be held at the end of both teaching units.

The course is comprised of fifteen classroom-taught lectures

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