Saints, Dervishes and the Society in the Islamicate World
HIST 210
Spring 2024
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This course will introduce students to the history, culture, and basic tenets of Islamic Mysticism from its beginnings till the modern period. In addition to major concepts, institutions, and textual tradition of Sufism, the course will focus on the social and historical condition that gave rise to them. Chronological order will be followed when treating the evolution of Sufism from the origins of Sufism with extraordinary ascetics in 8th century to full-fledged Sufi institutions today. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (HIST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Elif Shafak. The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi. Penguin Books, 2011
Alexander Knysh. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History. Brill: Leiden, Boston, 2000
Annemarie Schimmel. Mystical Dimensions of Islam. The University of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2011
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| Instructor(s): Karatas,Hasan Times: ...W.F. 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: PAC307; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: 4 |
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