COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4075 MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN BILEN

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To provide for students a cognization of thought fluctuations which arise as a result of contact with western philosophy and sciencies in the process which starts with Katip Çelebi's critization about deficiencies of teaching classical philosophy and sciences in 17. century

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student gains the knowledge of continuation of philosophy after Ghazali and also learns some modern important figures like Namık Kemal, Yusuf Akçura, Ziya Gökalp. Student understands how Islamic philosophy stayed alive in the hands of Ishraki philosophers.
2   Philosophy in Andalusia and philosophers there. Transfer of Islamic Philosophy to west. The problem of permanency of philosophy after Gazali. Independent philosophers. The tradition of Ishrak philosophy. The intervention of Philisophy with Kalaö. Philosophy of Tasavvuf. Philosophy of History. Revivalist and compromisist philosophies. Philosophy in the Ottoman Empire and situation of modern Islamic Philosophy
3   Student concerns, at the end of lecture, firstly salafism,secondly religious and philosophical thought revification actions and scholars, known as a consequence of their revivalist opinions, who also support political and institutional revification and thirdly student concerns basic ideas of philosophical modernizm, renewed ilm i kelam which appeared afterly, and of traditional streams also fourthly concerns modernization movements which appear in the form of Turkism, Islamism, Westernism , also concerns thought basement of movements like `Ceditçilik which appears among Middle Asian muslims
4   Students concerns general outlook on modern islamic thought.
5   At the end of lecture, student will have the ability of distingusihing modernized outlooks from traditional outlooks also this lecture will give student perception about Islamic modernization

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Philosophy in Andalusia. Ibn Bacce and Ibn Tufeyl
2 Ibn Rusd
3 Transfer of Islamic Philosophy to the Western World. a) Medieval translation movement.b) Schools relating with philosophers, Farabism, Averroeism, Avicennaism c) Mystical movements under effect of Islamic Philosophy.
4 After Ghazali, Independent philosophers in the eastern world, Ebu'l Berekat Bağdadi, Abdüllatif Bağdadi
5 Ishrah Philosophy and Suhrawardi
6 Interpretator of Ishrak tradition, Shrezuri, Ibn Kemmune, Kutbeddin Shirazi.
7 Intervention of kalam and philosophy
8 Midterm Exam
9 Philosophy of Tasavvuf: Ibn Arabi and his school, Konevi, Kayseri and Molla Fenari
10 Ibn Haldun
11 Compromising philosophers: Mir Damad, Molla Sadra
12 Philosophy in Ottomans and its education.
13 Problem of Tehafuts, Avicenna, Fahreddin er-Razi and his school
14 Contemporary Islamic Philosophy
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Eski Yunandan Çağdaş Düşünceye Doğru Islam Felsefesi: Kaynakları ve Etkileri, Ülken Yayınları, Istanbul 2007.
2. Mehmet Bayraktar, Islam Felsefesine Giriş, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları, Ankara 1997.
3. Macit Fahri, Islam Felsefesi Tarihi, çev., Kasım Turhan, Iklim Yayınları, Istanbul 1992.
4. M.M. Şerif (ed.), Islam Düşüncesi Tarihi, (Islam Felsefesi ve Filozofları Bölümü), insan Yayınları, c.I-IV, Istanbul 1990.
5. Seyyid Hüseyin Nasr-Oliver Leaman (ed.), Islam Felsefesi Tarihi, çev., Şamil Öçal, Hasan Tuncay Başoğlu, Açılımkitap Yayınları, c.I-III, Istanbul 2007.
6. Peter Adamson ve Richard C. Taylor (ed.), Islam Felsefesine Giriş, çev., M. Cüneyt Kaya, Küre Yayınları, Istanbul 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.bilen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 2 20 40
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 155

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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