Unit: Comparative Arab & Western Philosophy
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Unit Description
Students gain familiarity with the history of Arab thought via some examples and compare them with some key Western thinkers, and apply the ideas to political and social realities.
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"Long Ago" Religious Thought
Resources: 9 Students gain familiarity with the deities (and their study) of Pre-Islamic Arabia, and with the ideas of Martin Luther, and are able to draw some contrasts and comparisons. |
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"Modern" Thoughts on the Natural, Governance, and Morality
Resources: 15 Students will be familiar with and be able to compare and contrast views of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Bertrand Russell, Said Qutb (of the Muslim Brotherhood) and Tayeb Tazini (Marxist Muslim thinker). |
27
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"Post-modern" Thought on Identity, Gender and Governance
Resources: 20 Students will be familiar with and be able to compare and contrast the ideas of Nawal El Saadawi (Egyptian feminist, socialist and doctor), Edward Said, Judith Butler and Samuel Huntington. |
30
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