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141002 SE Cultural History of the Arab World: (2022S)

Heresiographical Literature (with special focus on Shahrastani's Kitab al-milal wa-l-nihal)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 18.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 25.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 01.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 08.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 29.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 06.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 13.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 20.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 27.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 03.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 10.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 17.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27
  • Friday 24.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Arabica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of this seminar is to provide an introduction to the Islamic heresiographical tradition by way of a close reading of excerpts from Shahrastānī’s Kitāb al-milal wa-l-niḥal. Shahrastānī’s work will allow us to address a number of questions concerning the significance of the classifications of "religious" groups and their “opinions” in Islamic intellectual history and the history of ideas and religion more generally. Our reading of Shahrastānī will be supplemented by excerpts from other exponents of the Islamic heresiographical tradition. We will moreover situate the texts in question in the broader framework of the intellectual, cultural and religious history of the premodern Islamic world.

Assessment and permitted materials

1 presentation, 1 final paper, as well as active participation in class (including preparing weekly readings for translation and discussion)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

intermediate to advanced knowledge of Arabic; attendance is compulsory

Grading
Participation, translations, class prep 30%
Class presentation 10%
Seminar/research paper 60%

Examination topics

Assessment will be by way of participation, class presentation and final paper.

Reading list

I. Goldziher, “Le dénombrement des sects mahométanes,” in Revue de l’histoire des religions (RHR), vol. 26 (1892), pp. 129-137.

H. Ritter, “Philologika: III. Muḥammedanische Häresiographien,” in Der Islam, vol. 18 (1929), pp. 34-55.

S. M. Wasserstrom, “Islamicate History of Religions?” in History of Religions, vo. 27 (1988), pp. 405-411.

J. van Ess, Der Eine und das Andere: Beobachtungen an islamischen häresiographischen Texten (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2011).

For an extensive list see Moodle.

Association in the course directory

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