College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State
Module ARA2028 for 2021/2
Module ARA2028 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA2028: Islamist Movements: From the Muslim Brothers to the Islamic State
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
- Mandaville, Peter Global Political Islam. London: Routledge, 2007.
- François Burgat, Understanding Political islam, University of Manchester Press, 2019.
- Kraetzschmar Hendrik and Paola Rivetti Islamists and the Politics of the Arab Uprisings: Governance, Pluralisation and Contention, Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
- Hamid, Shadi and William McCants, Rethinking Political Islam Oxford University Press, 2017. For the post-Arab Spring analysis (with chapters including discussions with members of Islamist movements)
For those with no prior knowledge of Islam, easy and accessible resource:
Brown, Daniel W. A New Introduction to Islam, Wiley-Blackwell, (2nd ed.) 2009.