Fall 2019  |  POL 1911 Section 001: Islam, State, and Violence in Central Asia and Afghanistan (33899)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Mon, Fri 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 260
Enrollment Status:
Open (18 of 20 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course will examine the twentieth and twenty-first century political trajectories of the countries of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Azerbaijan). We will read works that discuss the pre-modern tribal and clan-based structures of these societies, as well as the urban Islamic settlements that were long centers of Islamic scholarship and of the Silk Road. We will examine the massive repression of the communist era, and the consequences for Islam, clan, and tribe. Then we will turn to the rise of post-Soviet forms of political Islam, in the context of a growth in corruption and new dictatorships. We will consider attempts at democratization and the causes of their failure. In the latter half of the course, we will contrast Soviet Central Asia with its southern neighbors, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Our focus will be on the growth of the Taliban in the wake of the Soviet-Afghan war, and again more recently. Finally, we will consider United States policy in the region.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33899/1199

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