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SS 384 Islam and Contemporary World Order Course Outline Winter 2004-2005 Dr.Tahir Amin E-mail: [email protected] Room 218 Ext.2218 Course Description The main objective of this course is to introduce the students to the current discourse on Islam in the world order. We shall address both the Western and the Islamic perspectives on the role of Islam in the context of 9/11 events. We shall address the following questions: What are the major theoretical paradigms in the post-Cold war world order? What is the image of Islam in these paradigms? How has that image been transformed in the post 9/11 world? What different schools of thought on Islam exist in theWest ? What are their sources of inspiration? What is the Islamic theory of International Relations? What are the fundamental assumptions of both the classical theory of IR and its modern variants? Course Objectives 1. To develop a good theoretical understanding of the current discourse of Islam in International Politics. 2. To develop the skill of doing a research paper, finding material and integrating it in a meaningful analysis. Grading Class attendance 5% Class participation 5% Collection of Research material 10% Research paper 20% Mid term 30% Final Exam 30% Main Themes An Overview Key issues in the debate on Islam and the Contemporary World Order Readings 1. Ken Booth and Tim Dunne, Worlds in Collision (Palgrave:2002) Chapter 1, pp 123 2. Gilles Kepel, Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam(I.B.Tauris,2003) Preface and Introduction pp.v-x, 1-20 Five Great Debates about World Order 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. End of History Clash of Civilizations Complex Interdependence Multi-polarity Criminal Anarchy Reading Francis Fukuyama, “The End of History” National Interest ( Fall 1989) Samuel Huntington, “The Clash of Civilizations” Foreign Affairs(Summer 1993) Joseph Nye, “What a New World Order” Foreign Affairs (Fall 1992) _________, “The Power of Persuasion” Harvard International Review (Winter 2003) John J.Mearsheimer, “Back to the Future” International Security (Summer 1990) ________________”Why We Will Soon Miss the Cold War” The Atlantic Monthly (August1990) Robert D.Kaplan, “The Coming Anarchy” The Atlantic Monthly(Feb.1994) Perceptions about Islam: Post 9/11 Context Contending Schools of thoughts about Islam: “Confrontationists vs. “Accomodationists” a) “Confrontationists” Readings Fawaz A.Gerges, America and Political Islam: Clash of Cultures or Clash of Interests(Cambridge University Press,1999)Chapter 2, PP.20-35 Bernard Lewis, “The Roots of Muslim Rage” The Atlantic Monthly,(Sept.1990) ___________, The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror(2003) Introduction ___________,From Babel To Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East(2004) pp369-378 Francis Fukuyama, “History and September 11” in World in Collision pp27-36 Samuel P.Huntington, “The Age of Muslim Wars” The Newsweek (Dec.17,2001) Daniel Pipes, Militant Islam Reaches America (2002) Introduction and Conclusion (b) “Accomodationists” Readings Edward Saeed, “Collective Passion” The End of the Peace Process(2002) John Esposito, “ Beyond the Headlines” Harvard International Review (Summer 2003) Graham E.Fuller, The Future of Political Islam” Foreign Affairs (March/ April 2003) P.W.Singer, “America and the Islamic World” Current History (November 2002) Fred Halliday, “Transnational Paranoia and International Relations: The Case of the Islamic Threat (1999) Islamic Theory of World Order A discussion of Classical and modern variants of the Islamic theory of world order will be explored in this section Readings Farhang Rajaee, “Paradigm Shifts in Muslim International Relations Discourse” Studies in Contemporary Islam (1999) PP1-13 Abdul Hamid A. AbuSulayman, Towards an Islamic Theory of International Relations (1994) Introduction, PP. 17-33, PP 127-145 Tahir Amin, Nationalism and Internationalism in Liberalism, Marxism and Islam (1991)Foreword, Introduction and Chapter 3 PP.v-xxix, 1-11,62-101 K.Ahmad, “Islam and the West: Confrontation or Cooperation” The Muslim World (JanApril 1995) Ali A.Mazrui, “Islam and The End of History” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (Winter 1993) Akbar S. Ahmed, Islam under Siege,(2003) Introduction, pp1-22