Advanced Topics in Political Science (387-0-70)

Topic

Contemporary Arab Thought

Instructors

Khaled Al Hroub

Meeting Info

Northwestern Qatar Room 1-302: Mon, Wed 11:30AM - 12:45PM (AST)

Overview of class

This course covers various ideologies and schools of Arab political thought from the late 19th century up to current times, including Liberalism, Pan-Arab Nationalism, Marxism, Conservatism and Islamism. It engages with the main tenets of these ideologies and their thinkers, examining their influence and intellectual activism in the Arab region. The course examines the mixed effects of these ideologies on the Arab world, exploring their approaches to socio-political values and structures, and their endeavors to (re)formulate collective identities. Arab intellectuals who belonged to these ideologies strived to absorb, adopt, or reject sheer consequences created by the ‘shock of modernity' on socio-political, economic, cultural and moral levels. Students will acquire deep knowledge of the intellectual struggle between these schools of thought, and its impact on that the cultural and political scene in the Arab world, reflecting both the rise and fall of these ideologies during the long decades of the 20th century and through the days of the post- Arab Spring.

Registration Requirements

• Prerequisites: None


• Open to sophomores and above


• Open for Cross-Registration


• Satisfies Middle East Studies Minor

Class Attributes

Attendance at 1st class mandatory

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Registration is reserved for sophomore, juniors, and seniors only.
Add Consent: Department Consent Required