درس جنبش هاي اسلامي معاصر: بررسي كاستي هاي محتوايي و ضرورت هاي بازنگري

Academic Course of "Contemporary Islamic Movements": the Shortages of its Contents and Necessities for Revision

Contemporary Islamic movements, and seven other topics as Islamic-oriented subjects, were determined by the Council of Cultural Revolution as necessary units for B.A students of political science. The main purpose of these topics that were designed within the ideological and revolutionary milieu of 1980s, was to familiarize the students with the developments of the Muslim world, especially the Islamic movements and their role in the political changes of the Muslim world. After three decades of educational experience and occurrence of global structural changes influencing the world, the following questions are necessary to be examined: a- Are the present syllabuses inclusive and comprehensive enough? b- What are the most important factors that led to the revision of this topic? c- What are the most important proposed syllabuses to make the topic updated and enriched? Findings of the research that were gathered in Delphi method and the authorʹs direct educational experiences indicate that structural transformations of the world, the impact of globalization process on the behavioral changes of Islamic movements, the rise of new types of Islamic movements influential in the global sphere such as Al-Qaeda, Hizbollah, Hamas, etc.,development of new intellectual traditions in the study of social movements like the theory of political opportunity structure, development of interdisciplinary and discursive approach in the analysis of social movements, and the political experience of the Islamic Republic of Iran have necessitated the revision of the contents and syllabuses of this course. Based on the aforementioned necessities, some new syllabuses are proposed at the end of the article.