ARS40901 Middle East Politics and Islam II

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2022Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Global Studies

Lecture Code ARS40901 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name Middle East Politics and Islam II (中東政治とイスラーム II)

Subject Name
（Katakana）チュウトウセイジトイスラーム II

Subject Name in
English Middle East Politics and Islam II

Instructor MIZOBUCHI MASAKI

Instructor
(Katakana) ミゾブチ　マサキ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Fri9-10：IAS A704

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

lecture, sometimes with audiovisual educational materials

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction E : English

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 02 : Political Science

Eligible Students the second-year students of IGS

Keywords Middle East Politics, Colonianism, State Formation, Nationalism, Oil

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program This course, dealing with the early history and teachings of Islam and the establishment of the Middle East after the encounter with modern European powers, is related with the other courses of peace and communication, one of the three fields of IGS.
Criterion referenced
Evaluation Integrated Global Studies
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines.
・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the
mutual relations and their importance among individual
academic disciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, deliver presentations at seminars or research meetings, and explain it in an easy way so that people in different cultures and areas of specialization understand.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline This course will focus on Middle East politics and Islam (especially Islam). This course provides an overview of basic Islamic beliefs and practices through an examination of Islamic history, law, and an array of theological orientations as articulated in the traditions of teachings of various traditions. The course also examines Islamic practices in the contemporary period and thereby exposes students to reflect on the realities of religious everyday life and religious change. The course aims to give the students the ability to critically analyze the impacts of Islamic beliefs and values on social and cultural practices, and the formation of institutions, communities and identities. The course also aims to challenge students to grasp the complex relationship between the discursive traditions of a major world religion as well as the ambiguities of some key terms of Muslim religious thinking.

Class Schedule 1. Introduction: Review of Islam and Middle East Politics I

2. Modernization and Islam (I)
3. Modernization and Islam (II)
4. Modernization and Islam (III)
5. Islam and Politics (I)
6. Islam and Politics (II)
7. Conclusion

Text/Reference
Books,etc. • Roger Owen, State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East, 3rd ed. (London: Routledge, 2004).
• Eugene Rogan, The Arabs: A History, 2nd ed. (New York: Penguin, 2012).
• Beverley Milton-Edwards, Contemporary Politics in the Middle East, 4th ed. (New York: Polity, 2018).
• Peter Mandaville, Islam and Politics, 3rd ed. (London: Routledge, 2020).

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) handouts, DVD

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review 1. Let's rethink your preliminary knowledge and image of the Middle East and Islam.
2-3. Let's think relations between religious mission and persecution..
4-5. Let's understand the characteristics of Islam based on its basic teachings.
6-7. Let's understand the impacts brought by European powers to destory the reasonale system of Ottoman Empore and rule the Middle East.
8. Let's reconsider the changes in your way of thinking and image of the Middle East and Islam.

Requirements It is highly recommended that you take Middle East Politics and Islam II in the fourth term.

Grading Method Class participation: 20%, Final Examination: 80%

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2022Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Global Studies
Lecture Code	ARS40901	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	Middle East Politics and Islam II (中東政治とイスラーム II)
Subject Name （Katakana）	チュウトウセイジトイスラーム II
Subject Name in English	Middle East Politics and Islam II
Instructor	MIZOBUCHI MASAKI
Instructor (Katakana)	ミゾブチ　マサキ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, 4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(4T) Fri9-10：IAS A704
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
lecture, sometimes with audiovisual educational materials
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	02 : Political Science
Eligible Students	the second-year students of IGS
Keywords	Middle East Politics, Colonianism, State Formation, Nationalism, Oil
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program	This course, dealing with the early history and teachings of Islam and the establishment of the Middle East after the encounter with modern European powers, is related with the other courses of peace and communication, one of the three fields of IGS.
Criterion referenced Evaluation	Integrated Global Studies （Knowledge and Understanding）・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines. ・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic disciplines. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, deliver presentations at seminars or research meetings, and explain it in an easy way so that people in different cultures and areas of specialization understand.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This course will focus on Middle East politics and Islam (especially Islam). This course provides an overview of basic Islamic beliefs and practices through an examination of Islamic history, law, and an array of theological orientations as articulated in the traditions of teachings of various traditions. The course also examines Islamic practices in the contemporary period and thereby exposes students to reflect on the realities of religious everyday life and religious change. The course aims to give the students the ability to critically analyze the impacts of Islamic beliefs and values on social and cultural practices, and the formation of institutions, communities and identities. The course also aims to challenge students to grasp the complex relationship between the discursive traditions of a major world religion as well as the ambiguities of some key terms of Muslim religious thinking.
Class Schedule	1. Introduction: Review of Islam and Middle East Politics I 2. Modernization and Islam (I) 3. Modernization and Islam (II) 4. Modernization and Islam (III) 5. Islam and Politics (I) 6. Islam and Politics (II) 7. Conclusion
Text/Reference Books,etc.	• Roger Owen, State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East, 3rd ed. (London: Routledge, 2004). • Eugene Rogan, The Arabs: A History, 2nd ed. (New York: Penguin, 2012). • Beverley Milton-Edwards, Contemporary Politics in the Middle East, 4th ed. (New York: Polity, 2018). • Peter Mandaville, Islam and Politics, 3rd ed. (London: Routledge, 2020).
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	handouts, DVD
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	1. Let's rethink your preliminary knowledge and image of the Middle East and Islam. 2-3. Let's think relations between religious mission and persecution.. 4-5. Let's understand the characteristics of Islam based on its basic teachings. 6-7. Let's understand the impacts brought by European powers to destory the reasonale system of Ottoman Empore and rule the Middle East. 8. Let's reconsider the changes in your way of thinking and image of the Middle East and Islam.
Requirements	It is highly recommended that you take Middle East Politics and Islam II in the fourth term.
Grading Method	Class participation: 20%, Final Examination: 80%
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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