HIST320
Religion and Government in the Middle East: Colonialism to the Arab Spring
History
BC
Subject code
HIST
Course Number
320
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
A. Akhtar
Course Long Title
Religion and Government in the Middle East: Colonialism to the Arab Spring
Cross Listed Courses
Description
This seminar examines the place of religion in Middle Eastern politics between the rise of European colonialism and the start of the Arab Spring. Religion in the early modern Middle East encompasses not only the communal values of the region's local Muslims, Christians, and Jews, but also the complex relationship between religious ethics and notions of government. Students read a range of texts highlighting the history of governments throughout the Middle East, from Algeria and Egypt to Iraq and Iran, focusing on ways religious ethics and identities intersect with political theory between the nineteenth and the twenty-first centuries. Prerequisite(s): one course on European colonialism, nationalism, Islam, or Middle Eastern history.
Writing Credit
No writing credit
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(History: Modern)
GEC This Course Belongs To
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Class Restriction
Exclude First Years