Projektseminar: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft III: Kulturkontakt und Kulturvergleich; Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft II: Kultur und Gesellschaft der Gegenwart - Details
Projektseminar: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft III: Kulturkontakt und Kulturvergleich; Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft II: Kultur und Gesellschaft der Gegenwart - Details
Projektseminar: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft III: Kulturkontakt und Kulturvergleich; Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft II: Kultur und Gesellschaft der Gegenwart
Texts:
Ali, Tariq. The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity. London: Verso, 2002.
Ansary, Tamim. Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes. New York: Public Affairs, 2009.
Manji, Irshad. Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. New York: Free Press, 2011.
Said, Edward. Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient. London: Penguin Classics, 2012.
Additional Reading:
Westerlund, David and Ingvar Swanberg (eds.). Islam in the West, 4 vols. London: Routledge, 2011.
Leistungsnachweis
regelmässige Anwesenheit, Tests, Referat mit Powerpoint-Präsentation, Hausarbeit zum Referatsthema bzw. mündl. Prüfung (LAS)
Studiengänge (für)
BA 90 Anglistik und Amerikanistik (wahlobl.)
BA IKEAS
LAG, LAS
"East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet": there neither is nor has been a historical truth to this Imperialistic as well as Islamist perception, according to which the binaries of West (Christianity, Modernity, Secularisation) vs. East (Islam, Tradition, Faith) are in permanent and irreconcilable opposition to each other. This course will focus on the diversity of the Islamic view and experience of the Anglophone West and the debates on Modernity within English-speaking Muslim literature. We will in the process discuss such concepts as cultural contact, ethnic memory, and community-shaping processes, and the debates surrounding the clash, coexistence and/or hybridisation of cultures. The focus is on critical texts of the 20th and 21st century. Inter-generational family dynamics in immigrant groups, fundings of Islamic religious institutions in secular societies, the calls for a Reform or Enlightened Islam, as well as the call for a purified intensification of devotion will be examined. We will also consider ethnic or national origin, and within this topic focus especially on the political implications of different varieties of the Muslim faith. There will be tests checking your text knowledge to ensure your active participation in this course. Please be aware that this course demands a great willingness on behalf of all participants to listen, learn, and be open with each other – some reading material may be considered offensive.
