PSCI 3311
History of Muslim Political Thought
A survey of political thought among Muslims, tracing the emergence and influence of juridical, philosophical and administrative approaches to politics on Muslim civilization.
2024
Readings
- Anthony Black. The History of Islamic Political Thought, from the Prophet to the Present. New York: Routledge, 2001(pdf available). $21.94 Karen Armstrong. Islam; A Short History. New York: The Modern Library, 2000 (pdf
- Said Amir Arjomand (1984). The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam: Religion, Political Order, and Societal Change in Shi'ite Iran from the Beginning to 1890. Chicago:
- Chicago University Press.
- Gerhard Bowering (ed.) (215). Islamic Political Thought: An Introduction. Princeton: Princeton University Press Charles E. Butterworth (Tr.) (2001). Al-farabi, the Political Writings: Selected
- Aphorisms and other Texts. Ithaca: Cornell University Press (B753.F32 E5 2001).
- 3 Charles E. Butterworth. (Ed.) (1992). The Political Aspects of Islamic Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Muhsin S. Mahdi. Cambridge: Harvard University Press (B741.P74 1992).
- Georges Corm (2020). Arab Political Thought; Past and Present. Translated by Patricia M. Philips-Batoma and Atoma Batoma. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- P. M. Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton and Bernard Lewis (Editors) (1970). The Cambridge History of Islam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (DS35.6.C3).
- Patricia Crone (2005). Medieval Islamic Political Thought. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Patricia Crone (2003). God’s Caliph: Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing. Lectures three hours a week.