Political Science 394AI - Modern Islamic Poli Thought
Spring
2025
01
3.00
TH 2:30PM 5:00PM
UMass Amherst
51887
Dickinson Hall room 212
This course explores the development of Islamic political thought from the mid 19th-century to the present. Major themes include the ideas of Islamic modernism and reformism, the question of the caliphate and the birth of the modern nation-state, Islam and feminism, the rise of Islamism (or Islamic ?fundamentalism?), theories of Islamic democracy, and the question of jihad and violence. Satisfies Integrative Experience requirement for BA-POLSCI majors.
Open sophomore, junior, and senior Political Science students.