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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Political Science
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Wael Abu-'Uksa
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wednesday, 12:10-13:10
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Wael Abu-Uksa
Course/Module description:
The course will focus on the implications of the development of modern political ideas on political and social organization. The discussion will be on two parallel levels, the theoretical and the historical. In relation to the first level, the course will explore central theories and concepts that played pivotal roles in conceptualizing “politics” and it will focus on their influence on and contribution to the formation of the institutions of the modern Arab states. On the historical level, the course will explore central events and turning points in the modern history of the Arab world. The aim is to provide the students with tools to understand and analyze the politics of the modern Arab world.
Course/Module aims:
analyze the politics of the modern Arab world.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The course will enable students to understand and analyze central events in the modern history of the Arab world.
Attendance requirements(%):
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Course/Module Content:
Selected subjects:
The Enlightenment and its impact on the Arab and Islamic world.
Nation-states in the Arab world
Political Islam
Liberalism
The Arab League
Republicanism and revolution
The Gulf States: regime, institutions and political economy
Required Reading:
selected bibliography:
Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London: Verso, 2006. 5-7, 37-46.
Wael Abu-ʿUksa, “Tolerance before Secularism: Models of Tolerance in Nineteenth-Century Arabic,” Religions 15, no. 9 (2024).
Lauzière, Henri. “The Construction of Salafiyya: Reconsidering Salafism from the Perspective of Conceptual History.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 42, no. 3 (2010): 369–389.
Suleiman, Yasir. The Arabic Language and National Identity: A Study in Ideology. Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Press, 2003. 79-96.
Sela, Avraham. The Decline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Middle East Politics and the Quest for Regional Order. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. Ch.2.
Barak, Oren. “Security Networks, Deep States, and the Democratic Deficit in the Middle East.” The Middle East Journal 72, no. 3 (2018): 447–465.
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Home Exam % 80
Active Participation / Team Assignment 10 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 10 %
Additional information:
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