Undergraduate Course: The Body in Islam 3/4 (REST10030)
Course Outline
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School of Divinity |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
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Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Religious Studies |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course seeks to chart the cultural history of the human
body in Islam. Emphasis is laid both on how the body has been inscribed with claims to power
and on how it has been used to resist power. Introductory methodological reflections are followed
by units dealing with the human body in theology and law, Islamic mysticism (.ufism), the
Muslim eschatological imagination, and Muslim and Western visual arts.
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will have an appreciation of the diversity of attitudes toward the human body in Islam. In addition, they will have developed a critical perspective on the fallacies of Orientalist constructions of the 'Oriental' body, and thus the need to de-'otherize' the body in Islam. On the basis of the method and theory readings, they will also have become
sensitive to the symbolic ambiguity of the human body, both conformist and subversive, in the construction of reality.
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Assessment Information
Seminar participation, including presentations and/or other assignments (15%), essay (25%), and a degree examination (60%).
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Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Christian Lange
Tel: (0131 6)50 8781
Email: c.lange@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Joanne Cannon
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: j.cannon@ed.ac.uk |
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