HIST 1794 - ISLAM, LAW, AND POLITICS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The emergence of modern Islamic political movements worldwide has had not only a profound impact on contemporary global geo-politics but has also triggered heated debates around the question of the compatibility of Islam with liberal democracy. This class investigates the "vexed" relation between Islam and politics, profoundly influenced by the experience of colonialism, and standing in complex relationship to concepts such as the modern nation-state, democracy, liberalism, or secularism. The class will combine empirically grounded studies the multiple facets of past and contemporary Muslim politics in Muslim-majority and minority contexts with a more theoretical investigation of modern Islamic political thought; here it will examine its intellectual origins, its arguments, the challenge it poses to its liberal counterparts, but also its conundrums and contradictions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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