Postgraduate Course: Political Islam in the Middle East (PGSP11298)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The rise of political Islam across the Middle East has been one of the most consequential developments in regional politics for at least the last 40 years, and has only grown in importance in the wake of the Arab uprisings that began in late 2010. This course examines political Islam, or 'Islamism', as a complex phenomenon affecting, and impacted by, international relations in the Middle East and globally. It analyses a range of International Relations and Comparative Politics approaches to political Islam as a domestic, international and transnational phenomenon, while also focussing on the diversity of Islamist manifestations in key regional states, particularly Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. |
| Course description |
The course is delivered via weekly 2-hour seminar, where the emphasis is on discussion and collective exploration of the topic, rather than lecturing. Topics to be covered will include the salience of sectarianism; the role of ideology; Islamism as a transnational social movement; the roots and explanations for Islamist violence; Islamism and secularism; Islamism in the context of globalisation, imperialism and democratic transition; and the linkages between local, national and international modalities of Islamist activism. Students can expect to develop a nuanced understanding of Islamist movements and be able to analyse them within the conceptual frameworks of IR and Comparative Politics.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 25 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Presentation + book review (25%) and Research Essay (75%) |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Have a detailed knowledge of the main trends of political Islam in the Middle East
- Have an ability to analyse political Islam using theories of International Relations and Comparative Politics
- Have a critical understanding of diverse scholarly and political approaches to political Islam in the Middle East
- Have an ability to discuss and debate political Islam in the context of Middle East politics and International Relations more broadly
- Have an nuanced understanding of links between manifestations of Islamism at local, national, regional and global levels
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Weekly 2-hour seminar |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ewan Stein
Tel: (0131 6)50 4264
Email: ewan.stein@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk |
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