Academic Year 2019/2020
- Docente: Carlo Saccone
- Credits: 10
- SSD: L-OR/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
International Development and Cooperation (cod. 8890)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Asian Languages, Markets and Cultures (cod. 0980)
Learning outcomes
Main Islamic theological and mystical schools in connection with the cultural and historical background up to the Timurids
Course contents
Development of Islamic religious thought. Main theological and mystical currents up to the end of the Timurids
Reading of some mystical islamic authors such as Ansari of Herat, Ahmad Ghazali, Najm al-din Kubrà, Abu Yazid al-Bistami
Readings/Bibliography
1. C. Saccone, I percorsi dell'Islam, EMP, Padova 2003
2. C. Saccone, Iblis il Satana del Terzo Testamento. Letture coraniche II, Centro Essad Bey, Padova 2012 (ebook Kindle Edition); pocket book ed. CreateSpace IPP, Charleston 2016 (on Amazon Store)
Foreign students should be able to read these two books in Italian.
Further books may be read in English /French/German/Spanish.
Teaching methods
class courses, seminars, lectures of visiting professors
Assessment methods
oral exam. Erasmus students can have a separate bibliography, one book in Italian and two books in German or French or English.
Teaching tools
texts, e-materials
Office hours
See the website of Carlo Saccone