ARIS3676 - Issues and Debates in Arab Culture Today

Semester 2, 2012  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Lucia Sorbera
Phone: +61 2 9036 7017
Email: lucia.sorbera@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit investigates how issues are debated in the contemporary Arab world, focusing on questions of pan-Arabism, the nation-state, regionalism and traditional loyalties, the Arabic language and cultural identity, history and attitudes to the past, 'authenticity', modernity, westernisation, attitudes to the West and the rest of the world, debates on secularism, 'neo-patriarchy', peace, progress, freedom, absenting and assertion of women's role, human rights, democracy, highlighting the role of intellectuals, the media and dynamics of public space in Arab countries.

Assessments

1x2400wd essay (40%), 1x presentation (equivalent to 1200wds) (20%), final exam or assignments (equivalent to 2400wds) (40%)

Textbooks

Course readings, bibliography and brief notes will be available

Classes

2x1-hr seminars/week

Prerequisites

ARIS1001 or ARIS1671 or equivalent

Prohibitions

ARIS2006

Additional Information

This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit to students enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program.

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