HISTORY OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES

L-OR/10 - 6 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

LAURA BOTTINI


Course Structure

The main method of teaching is “lecture-based” learning. During the course, primary sources, related to the topics, will also be read and discussed.



Detailed Course Content

SHIʿISM: OPPOSITION AND HYPOTHESIS OF POWER

The course aims to define the Shiʿite phenomenon as a religious tendency, a heretical minority, an opposition party and a political-philosophical ideology taking into consideration the most important historical crossroads up to our contemporary times. The concept of authority and the sources of authority as well as the major figures and the schools of thought up to the current doctrines and political groups will receive our attention.



Textbook Information

  1. L. Capezzone, M. Salati, L’islam sciita. Storia di una minoranza, Roma, Edizioni Lavoro, 2006, 435 p. (include bibliografia e indici), 20 cm.
  2. F. Sabahi, Storia dell’Iran, Milano, Bruno Mondatori, 2006, XX, 298 p. (include cronologia, glossario, nota bibliografica, indice), 17 cm.
  3. B. Scarcia Amoretti, Sciiti nel mondo, Roma, Jouvence, 2015, pp. 7-14, 73-265 pp., 21 cm.

 

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