Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TİB-23-180MUTEZİLE EKOLÜElective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
One of the emergence of the Mu'tazilites the history of the Islamic sects, the formation process, the structure of mentality, based on the views, the effects and the contribution of Islamic thought. Relations with other Islamic sects, the members and the extent of occurrence.
Name of Lecturer(s)
YRD.DOÇ.DR. ŞAHİN AHMETOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1General information about the Islamic Sects
2Contributions to the formation of the Islamic sects in Islamic thought
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Give basic information about Mutezile, unbiased approach to religious divergences
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Mu'tazilite Name, Description, and the Emergence
2Mutazila’s Basic Resources
3Mutezilas’s Basic Ideas, Tawhid, Justice
4El-Menziletü Beyne’l-Menzileteyn, Emr bi’l-Maruf-Nehy ani’l-Münker
5Va’d ve Vâid. Halku’l-Kuran.
6Mutezıla’s Leaders: Durar b. Amr.
7Amr b. Ubeyd
8MIDTERM EXAM
9Kadı Abdul Cebbar
10Ebu Hüzeyl Allaf
11Effect of the Umayyad and Abbasid Politics Mu'tazilite Thought
12His critique of scholars of Ahl Sunnah Mu'tazilite in thought
13Contribution of Islamic Thought Mu'tazilite Classical Thought
14Contribution of Islamic Thought Contemporary Thought Mu'tazilite
15Contribution of Islamic Thought Contemporary Thought Mu'tazilite
16ENDTERM EXAM
Recommended or Required Reading
Primary Sources : 1. Ethem Ruhi Fığlalı, Çağımızda İtikâdî İslâm Mezhepleri, İzmir 2004. 2. Osman Aydınlı, Akılcı Din Söylemi, Farklı Mutezile Okulu. 3. Osman Atdınlı, Mutezili İmamet Düşüncesinde Farklılaşma Süreci. 4. Osman Aydınlı, İslam Düşüncesinde Aklileşme Süreci-Mutezilenin Oluşumu ve Ebu’l-Hüzeyl Allaf. Ankara Okulu yay. Ankara 2001. 5. Bağdadî, Mezhepler Arasındaki Farklar, çev. Ethem Ruhi Fığlalı, İst., 1991. 4. Other sources which are related to the subjects are given in lesson proramme. Secondary Sources: 1. Eşârî, Makalâtü’l-İslâmiyyîn ve İhtilafü’l-Musallin, thk. Helmut Ritter, Weisbaden 1980. 2. W. Montgomery Watt, İslam Düşüncesinin Teşekkül Devri, Çev. E.Ruhi Fığlalı, Ankara 1981. 3. Muhammed Ebû Zehra, İslâm'da Siyasî ve İtikâdî Mezhepler Tarihi, çev: E. Ruhi Fığlalı-O. Eskicioğlu, İstanbul 1970. 4. Henry Laoust, İslamda Ayrılıkçı Görüşler, çev. E.R.Fığlalı-S.Hizmetli, Ankara 1999. 5. Sönmez Kutlu, Din Anlayışında Farklılaşmalar Türkiye’de Alevîlik-Bektaşîlik, Ankara 2003. 6. Mahmut Ay, Mutezile ve Siyaset, Mutezilzmin İktidar mücadelesi, Pınar yayınların,İstanbul 2002. 7. Aycan, İrfan, “Cahız ve Emevi Tarihine Mutezili bir Yaklaşım”, İdeolojik Tarih Okumaları, Ankara 2001.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures7749
Discussion7749
Question-Answer10660
Brain Storming5525
Homework248
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)194
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
LO1
LO2
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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