Islamic Civilization Syllabus for Peace and Conflict Studies 2004

Professor: Robert Ratcliffe

Basic References:

Lapidus, Ira. 1988. A History of Islamic Societies. Cambridge:CambridgeUniversity Press , 8/R/L31(soko)

Hodgson, Marshall G.S. 1974. The Venture of Islam: conscience and history in a world civilization. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. 8/H/H81/1 (soko)

Hourani, Albert. 1991. A History of the Arab Peoples. Cambridge, Ma.:HarvardUniversity Press.

The Encyclopedia of Islam. K/030/5a/1〜６ (2F)

Translations of the Qur’an:

N.J. Dawood. Penguin Classics K/167/528171  (3F)

Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall. George Allen and Unwin. K/167/528171 (soko)

Also: http://www.quran.org.uk/

Hadith collections on the net:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/

Lecture Plan:

1.Songs of Andalusia

Main texts: Ibn Shuhaid (d.426/1009), lament for Cordoba          
      Ibn Quzman (d.555/1160), songs of women and wine 
       Ibn al-‘Arabi (d.630/1240), mystical love

Further Reading: Salma Khadra Jayyusi, ed. The Legacy of Muslim Spain. Leiden E.J. Brill.

2. Ta’riix: Islamic historiography and the religious scienes

Main text: Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jariir al-Tabarii (d.310/923). Ta’riix al-rusul wa’l muluuk (“ History of Prophets and Kings”)

Further Reading: (Lapidus, etc. above)

3. Fiqh: the foundations of Islamic law

Main Text: al-Imam Malik ibn Anas (d.179/795), al-muwaTTa? (“the smoothed path”)

Further Reading: Taha Jabir al-‘Alwani. Usul al-Fiqh al-Islami.Source Methodology in Islamic Jurisprudence. http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/law/alalwani_usulalfiqh/

Joseph Schacht. 1964. An introduction to Islamic law. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

4. Kalaam: theology

Main text: ?undecided

Further Reading: Murtadha Mutahhari. Scholastic Theology (Kalaam). Trans. Najim al-Khafaji http://www.alulbayt.com/english/books/kalam/scholastic.htm

See also: http://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/kalam.htm

Ignaz Goldziher. Introduction to Islamic theology and law. translated by Andras and Ruth Hamori 1981. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. K/167/204 (3F)

W. Montgomery Watt. 1962. Islamic philosophy and theology.Edinburgh: Edinburgh U. Press. K/228/13/1ア (soko)

5. Adab: Literature and Belles Lettres      

Main Text: Badii' al-Zamaan al-Hamadhani (d.398/1008), Maqamaat

Further Reading::Hameen-Antilla, Jaakko. 2002. Maqama: A History of a Genre.Wiesbaden Harrasowitz

6. Falsafa: Political philosophy and the Greek tradition

Main Texts: Abu Nasr al-Farabi (d.c.338/950) The Political Regime                
Abu ‘Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina (d.428/1037)Healing Metaphysics X

Further Reading:Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Oliver Leaman, eds. 1996. History of Islamic philosophy.London Routledge. K/167/325/1ｱ (3F)

7. TaSawwuf: Mysticism

Main Texts: Farid ad-Din Attar (d.618/1221) Tazkiraat al-‘Uliyaa’             
Maulana Jalal ad-Din Rumi, (d.671/1273)Masnavi

Further Reading: Rumi site: http://www.armory.com/~thrace/sufi/index.html

Titus Burckhardt. 1995[1976]. An Introduction to Sufism /translated by D. M. Matheson.LondonThorsons K/167/331(3F)

8. Islam encounters India

Main Text:Abu al-Raydan Muhammad al-Biruni (d.441/1050)al-Hind

9. The Muslim world beyond the Middle East

Main Text: Muhammad ibn Abdullah Ibn Batuta (d.c.778/1377) “Travels”

10. Recurrent Patterns in the History of Islamic Civilization

Main Text: Abd al-Radman ibn Khaldun (d.808/1406) al-Muqaddima “Prolegomena”