History and religion of the Arab-Muslim world II

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Frédéric Bauden, Zacharie Mochtari de Pierrepont

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Authority and power(s) in Muslim societies (7th-16th Centuries) Learning unit contents
This course proposes a critical study of authorities and powers in the Medieval Muslim worlds, from the birth of Islam in the 7th century to the early 16th century. After introducing how Islam expanded out of Arabia and how a new Islamic space and social and political system came to be, we will study the historical rise of the great religious fault lines in Islam, before focusing on the analysis of the forms of authorities and powers and their evolution in the Islamic worlds, from a social, cultural, and political perspective. Each session will introduce a specific historical context and distinct concepts to understand how questions of authority, power and legitimacy were thought and understood during the so-called Medieval period, while underlining the plurality of societies in the Muslim worlds. Translated texts from the Medieval corpus will be used to strengthen the students' reflection and provide them with a more familiar knowledge of the Medieval Islamic historiographical productions.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of the course, students will have acquired clear benchmarks on the historical development of the forms of authority and power in Muslim societies. They will be able to understand and analyse the major historical developments of the Muslim worlds. They will also be competent to engage in critical considerations regarding the contemporary uses of the history of the Islamic worlds.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course will be given ex cathedra, but students are warmly invited to ask questions about the subject and / or express their incomprehension. The last part of each course will be an opportunity for a more open exchange with the instructor regarding the concepts studied.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Masterful presentation with Powerpoint presentations.

Recommended or required readings

Le Power Point sera déposé sur myULiège au terme de chaque séquence de cours.
La bibliographie sera commentée lors du premier cours, afin de mieux orienter les étudiant(e)s vers un processus d'apprentissage progressif. Une bibliographie plus spécifique sera proposée pour chaque thématique étudiée en cours, pour les étudiant(e)s souhaitant approfondir certaines problématiques.
D. AIGLE, « La conception du pouvoir en islam. Miroirs des princes persans et théories sunnites (XIe-XIVe siècles), Perspectives médiévales, 31, 2007, p. 17-44,
C. AILLET, E. TIXIER DU MESNIL, E. VALLET (dir.) Gouverner en Islam entre le Xe et le XVe siècle Atlande, Paris 2014.
Th. BIANQUIS, P. GUICHARD, M. TILLIER (dir.), Les débuts du monde musulman, VIIe-Xe siècle, Paris, PUF, 2012.
A. BLACK, The History of Islamic Political Thought : From the Prophet to the Present, Edinburgh University Press, Endinburgh, 2012 (rééd.).
P. CRONE, God's Rule. Government and Islam, Columbia University Press, New York, 2004. C. DECOBERT, « L'autorité religieuse aux premiers siècles de l'islam », Archives des sciences
sociales des religions, 125, 2004, p. 23-43. S. DENOIX, « L'exercice du pouvoir à l'âge des sultanats », Annales Islamologiques, 46, 2012,
p. 255-272. A. DUCELLIER, M. KAPLAN, B. MARTIN et F. MICHEAU, Le Moyen Âge en Orient. Byzance et
l'Islam, Hachette Supérieur, Paris, 2003 (rééd. 2014). J.-C. GARCIN et alii, États, sociétés et cultures du monde musulman médiéval (Xe-XVe siècles).
Tome 1 L'évolution politique et sociale, Nouvelle Clio, Paris, 1995. C. PICARD, Le monde musulman du XIe au XVe siècle, Paris, Broché, Paris, 2000 (rééd. 2014).
J. VAN STEENBERGEN, A History of the Islamic World 600-1800: Empire, Dynastic Formations, and Heterogeneities in Pre-modern Islamic West-Asia, Routledge, London, 2020.
M. WATT, Islamic political thought : the basic concepts, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1968, 20-30.

Assessment methods and criteria

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Oral examination

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Frédéric BAUDEN, chargé de cours Département des Sciences de l'Antiquité Place du 20-Août, 7 à B-4000 Liège Tél. 04 366 53 32 - Fax 04 366 56 55 E-mail F.Bauden@ulg.ac.be Secrétariat Valérie ELIAS Tél. 04 366 55 44
 
Zacharie Mochtari de Pierrepont, chargé de cours
Département des Sciences de l'Antiquité
Place du 20-Août, 7 à B-4000 Liège
Tél. 04 366 53 32 - Fax 04 366 56 55
E-mail arizzo@uliege.be

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