The course aims to provide essential information on the Muslim world
following the evolution of the main
institutions and to explore some historical
crossroads which are fundamental for the Muslim world,
in general, and, in particular, for the Arab world. At the end of this
course the students will be able not only to understand
the past but also to approach properly and discuss, with informed arguments,
events that are unfolding today.
According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the
end of the course, will demonstrate:
1) knowledge and understanding in a post-secondary
level field of study and knowing the fundamental themes in one's field of
study;
2) ability to apply knowledge and understanding in
order to demonstrate a professional approach and possess adequate skills both
to conceive and support arguments and to solve problems in one's field of study
5) learning skills necessary to undertake subsequent
studies with a high degree of autonomy.
The course includes two modules.
The first module aims at defining Islam as
a "religious phenomenon". Particular
attention will be paid to the Qur'ān and the sense of revelation, to the concept of prophecy and the sources of authority, to the emergence of different religious doctrines as
well as to the formation of legal and theological schools both Sunni and Shiʽi.
The second module aims at retracing the expansion
and the formation of the Islamic empire, and finally its progressive
fragmentation in a series of new state
entities and new forms of power.
Particular attention will be paid to both the Umayyad (661-750) and ‘Abbasid
caliphate (750-1258).-
Il
Corano, introduzione, traduzione e commento di Alessandro Bausani,
Milano, Biblioteca universale Rizzoli, 2005, pp. 8-81; capitoli nn. 1, 2, 4, 6,
7, 11, 12, 17, 24, 26, 33, 37, 47, 75, 76, 81, 96, 109, 114.
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S. Mervin, L’islam.
Fondamenti e dottrine,
Milano, B. Mondatori, 2004, pp. X-227.
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B. Scarcia Amoretti, Il
Corano. Una lettura, Roma, Carocci, 2009, pp. 1-284.
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B. Scarcia Amoretti, Il
mondo musulmano. Quindici secoli di storia, Roma, Carocci, 2013, pp.
1-264.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171
L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or
journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations
concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee
Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian
Association on Copyright).
All
the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.