Islam and globalization

PLAN DE COURS 201 5/201 6
ACADEMIC SYLLABUS 201 5/201 6
DISCIPLINE
Histoire
Titre du cours
Course title
Islam AND GLOBALIZATION
Langue
Language
Heures
Hours
ECTS Année du Diplôme
english
22
4
2A
Nom de l’enseignant/
Name of the lecturer
LE HOUEROU Fabienne
Fonction / Employeur
Position / Employee Directeur de Recherche (MIGRINTER-Poitiers)CNRS-Chercheure
associée IREMAM
Contact :
[e-mail]
Objectifs du cours /
Course objectives
’Evolution historique de l’islam mondialisé des origines jusqu’à
l’empire ottoman
Compétences acquises/
Learning outcomes
-Compréhension des fondamentaux de l’histoire et la civilisation
islamique
Contenu du cours par session/ Course content per session
Nombre d’heures/ Number
of hours
Islam and Globalization
This course is an introduction to Islam in connection with the
complexities of globalization. The first part of the course will
insist on the main important principles or fundamentals of Islam
religion : the Holy Quran and the prophet, the shari’a law, the
two Jihads, the five pillar of Islam, the most important juridical
schools . In the second part of the course we will define the
different interpretation of globalization
and then analyze in
chronological order the different ages of globalization of Islam.
Each course is 2 hours
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INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
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The first age of globalization starting with the spread of Islam
and the Arab conquest (750 C.E) through a large network of trade
routes stretching from southern Africa
to China and from the
South-East Asian archipelago into the mountains and valleys of
central Asia. The agents for spreading Islam are the scholars and
the Holy men adept at “Islamizing” local cults. Thus showing the
remarkable flexibility of Islam du
ring the first age or
“childhood” of Islam. The second age of globalization is
corresponding to the western warfare in the age of crusades
from 1000-1 300. It is a globalization through violence, invasion
and conflict and the beginning of a manichaean image of the
“oriental space”. We will study the third age of globalization
through the rise of the Ottoman Empire. From 18th century to the
20th century we will explore the fourth age of globalization when
most of the Muslim world will come under direc
t or indirect
control of Europe’s supremacy. The colonial experience is a
fundamental historical period. The idea (in the West) that Islam is
inherently violent is the result of that recent colonial history. In
conclusion we will examine the fifth age of globalization during
the postcolonial period from 1960 to the present. The last lesson
will analyze the Arab springs in 2011 (Tunisia, Egypt, Libya) on
a historical and global perspective with the coming of the digital
age.
-The five pillars
-The Quran
-Islamic laws
- The first age of globalization (the rashidouns)
-The second age (Ummeyad Empire)
-The third Age (Abbasid Empire)
-The fourth Age (Ottoman Empire)
-Esprit de synthèse
-Capacité à associer différents domaines de connaissances pour
comprendre une civilisation
Méthodes d’évaluation Sur quoi sera basée la note finale? / Method of assessment What will the
final grade be based on?
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INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
25, rue Gaston de Saporta - 13625 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1 - Tél. : [phone] - Fax : [phone] -
www.sciencespo-aix.fr

Dissertation related to what will be studied during the course
Type d’évaluation/ Type of evaluation
Durée/
Dissertation de
3 heures su un
thème étudié
en cours
en
cours
Duration
: 3
hours
Bibliographie – Auteur, titre, année, éditeur/ Bibliography – Author, title, year, publisher
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References
1) Fundamentals about Islam
Arkoun Mohammed, La pensée arabe, 6ème édition, Paris, PUF, 2003, 127 p.
Berque Jacques, Relire le Coran, Albin Michel, Paris, 1993.
Chebel, Malek, l’Islam expliqué, Perrin, Paris, 2007, 257 p.
Collignon Bernard, Le petit livre des grandes fêtes religieuses, Laestrene, 2006, 154p.
Delcambre Anne-Marie, l’Islam, 4éme édition, La Découverte, Paris, 122p.
Godin Asmaa, Les Sciences du Coran, Al Qalam, 1992, 319 p.
DUPRET B., 1995, “La sharia comme référent législatif - du droit positif à l’ant
hropologie du
droit”, Revue interdisciplinaire d’études juridiques, 34, pp. 99-155.
Lippman Thomas, Understanding Islam
: An Introduction to the Muslim World, New American
Library, New York, 1982, 196 p.
Montgomery Watt, Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman, Oxford University Press, New York,
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INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
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London, 1961, 246p.
Rodinson Maxime, Mahomet, Seuil, Paris, 1994.
Dictionnaire Encyclopédique du Coran.
2) Globalized Islam
AHMED A. S., DONNAN H., Eds., 1994, Islam, Globalization and Postmodernity, New York,
Routledge.
BASTIAN J.-P., CHAMPION FR., ROUSSELET C., Dir., 2001, La globalisation du religieux
, Paris,
L’Harmattan.
BYRNES T. A., KATZENSTEIN, P. J., Dir., 2006, Religion in an Expanding Europe
, Cambridge,
Cambridge University Press.
Claude Cahen, Orient et Occident au temps des croisades, 302 pages (1983) (restitue les croisades
dans le contexte d'une histoire méditerranéenne), éditions Aubier Montaigne (24 septembre
1992). (ISBN 2700720164 et 978-2700720167)
L'Islam, des origines au début de l'Empire ottoman, poche, 413 pages (réédition mise à jour ),
éditions Hachette Littérature (17 septembre 1997). (ISBN 2012788521 et 978-2012788527)
ROY O., 2002, L’islam mondialisé, Paris, Seuil.
Mini CV de l’enseignant/ Mini CV of the lecturer
Fabienne Le Houérou is a
Director of research at
CNRS at MIGRINTER
(Poitiers) and Associate
U N E G R A N D E É C O L E E N P R O V E N C E
INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
25, rue Gaston de Saporta - 13625 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1 - Tél. : [phone] - Fax : [phone] -
www.sciencespo-aix.fr

Researcher at IREMAM
(Aix-en-Provence)
She is the editor of the
collection “Mondes en
Mouvements” at
l’Harmattan in Paris and
edits
science and video
a
human science review. She
is a contemporary
Historian and specialist of
Visual Anthropology.
Specialist of Humanitarian
crises and international
migrations she has
broadcasted many
documentary films related
to forced migrations and
Refugee Studies. She is
associated to the Harvard
Humanitarian Initiative.
PHOTO (non obligatoire)
U N E G R A N D E É C O L E E N P R O V E N C E
INSTITUT D’ÉTUDES POLITIQUES D’AIX-EN-PROVENCE
25, rue Gaston de Saporta - 13625 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 1 - Tél. : [phone] - Fax : [phone] -
www.sciencespo-aix.fr