COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ISLAMIC MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND SUFISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 5187 ISLAMIC MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND SUFISM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AYDIN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

In this course, the student learns the philosophical views in the Ancient and Hellenistic periods that influenced the development of Islamic morality and Sufism. Studies that transform philosophers such as Socrates Plato and Aristotle and Plotinos as well as Socratic, Neo-Platonist and Stoic philosophical schools into Islamic morality and mysticism. Analyzes the main problems of Islamic moral thought and mysticism and the main approaches put forward for the solution of these problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student will learn the sources that affect the formation of Islamic Moral and Sufism.
2   The student will understand philosophical and mystical perspectives on morality.
3   The student will learn knowledge of virtues, theoretical and practical competence.
4   Deals with the universal and divine order on the grounds of morality and mysticism.
5   Analyzes the main problems about Islamic moral philosophy and mysticism.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sources Affecting the Formation of Islamic Moral Philosophy and Sufism
2 The Relationship Between Philosophical and Sufi perspectives on morality
3 The source of morality and moral psychology in Islamic philosophers
4 The source of morality and moral psychology in Islamic mysticism
5 The effect of religion on moral philosophy and sufism
6 Virtues: philosophical lifestyle and Sufi lifestyle
7 Theoretical and Practical Competence: Transformation of the Self
8 Mid Term
9 Treatment of passions and destruction of willpower
10 Thinking about death
11 Moral and mystical demands
12 Happiness: spiritual perfection and sublimity
13 Understanding the universal and divine order
14 Seeing the world from an aesthetic point of view
15 Unification with the Divine Being

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Kindi, Üzüntüden Kurtulma Yolları ( Risâle Fi l-Hîle li-def i l-ahzân), çev. Mustafa Çağrıcı, Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara 2016.
2.Ibn Miskeveyh, Tehzîbu l-Ahlak, çev., A. Şener, I. Kayaoğlu, C. Tunç, Büyüyenay Yayınları, Istanbul 2000.
3.Yahya Ibn Adi, Tehzîbu l-ahlâk, çev., Harun Kuşlu, Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı Yayınları, Istanbul 2013.
4. Ihvân-ı Safâ, Ihvân-ı Safâ Risâleleri, I-V, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul.
5. Farabi, Mutluluk Yoluna Yöneltme (et-Tenbîh alâ sebili s-Sa âde), (Farabi nin Iki Eseri içinde), çev. Hanifi Özcan, Ifav Yayınları, Istanbul 2005.
6. Ibn Sina, Arifler ve Olağanüstü Hadiselerin Sırları, (el-Işârât ve t-Tenbihât IV), çev. Ömer Türker, Hayykitap, Istanbul 2010.
7.Gazali, Ihya Ulumi d-Din.
8.Muhasibi, Nefsin Terbiyesi, çev., Mehmet Zahit Tiryaki, hayykitap, Istanbul 2008.
9.Necmeddîn Kübrâ, Seyr ü Sülûk Risâleleri, haz., Süleyman Gökbulut, ilk harf yayınevi, Istanbul 2016.
10. Ibn Arabi, Ahadiyyet Risâlesi, çev., Hüsyin Şemsi Ergüneş, yay. haz., Ercan Alkan, ilk harf yayınevi, Istanbul 2012.
11. Ibn Arabi, Fena Risalesi, çev., Mahmut Kanık, Iz yayıncılık, Istanbul 2007.
12. Ataullah Iskenderî, Hikem-i Ataiyye, haz.,tahir Galip Sewratlı, Sufi Kitap, Istanbul 2017.
13. Pierre Hadot, Ruhani Alıştırmalar ve Antik Felsefe, çev., Kübra Gürkan, Pinhan, Istanbul 2012.
14. Pierre Hadot, Plotinos ya da Bakışın Saflığı, çev., Özcan Doğan, DoğuBatı, Ankara 2016.
15. Walter T. Stace, Mistisizm ve Felsefe, çev., Abdüllatif Tüzer, Insan yayınları Istanbul 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question-answer, work, analysis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of student is being determined by reference to his or her performance of mid term, final exam and course performance.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetaydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

on Wednesday 4:00-5:00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Reading 4 5 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.13445
LO.23445
LO.33445
LO.43445
LO.53445

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