History of Islamic Countries
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher:
LAURA BOTTINI
Expected Learning Outcomes
According to the Dublin
descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1) knowledge and understanding skills
about Shiʿism, a
religious and political minority of Islam
2) ability to apply knowledge and
understanding and ability to to place properly the Shiʿite phenomenon in the complex picture of
contemporary Islamic world and in the international arena
3) ability to integrate knowledge and to
formulate judgments on the basis of information that is not necessarily
complete;
4) ability to communicate one's
knowledge about Shiʿite
phenomenon clearly and
unambiguously to specialist and
non-specialist interlocutors.
5) ability to carry out research autonomously.Course Structure
The main method of teaching is “lecture-based”
learning. During the course, primary sources, related to the topics, will also
be read and discussed.
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance is not compulsory
Detailed Course Content
The course aims to define the
Shiʿite phenomenon as a religious
tendency, a heretical minority, an opposition party and a political-philosophical
ideology taking into consideration the most important
historical crossroads up to our contemporary
times. The concept of authority
and the sources of authority as well as the major figures
and the schools of thought up to
the current doctrines and political groups will receive our
attention.
Textbook Information
1.
L. Capezzone, M. Salati, L’islam sciita. Storia di una minoranza, Roma, Edizioni
Lavoro, 2006, p. 435 (bibliography and indexes are included).
2.
F. Sabahi, Storia dell’Iran, Milano, Bruno Mondatori,
2006, XX, p. 298 (chronology, glossary, bibliographical note, index are
included ).
3.
B. Scarcia Amoretti, Sciiti nel mondo, Roma, Jouvence, 2015, p.
7-14, 73-265.
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.
