After this course you will be able to:
- understand long term trends and the differences between medieval Middle East and the modern Middle East and the major changes the region has gone through;
- make comparisons between regions, institutions and ethnic and religious relations in the region;
- understand the tremendous challenges the region is facing;
- to understand the political, moral and identity-related logics but also the diversity around the notion of pact in the Islamic space for several centuries in order to understand the ways in which the question of otherness has been formulated according to the social and historical contexts;
- develop a balanced view of the region.
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The course consists of a historical analysis of the relations between rulers and subjects. It covers the transformation of the loose, decentralized, multireligious and multiethnic empires to politically centralized and culturally, religiously, and linguistically homogeneous nation-states of the twentieth century.
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This course is part of a module of three courses in the Philosophy, Politics and Society bachelor programme. You can only take this course if you also take the two associated courses during the same semester. If you want to register for the three courses in this module, you must FIRST register for the module itself via the 'Minor' tab in Osiris, and THEN register for the courses themselves. For an overview of modules and their associated courses, see the course guides on the website of the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies.
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