Ideals and Ideologies

1. Required Course Textbooks:
   1. Ideals and Ideologies: A Reader, 10th ed. by Terrence Ball, Richard Dagger, and Daniel O’Neill, ISBN 9781138650039

 

1. Political Ideologies and Democratic Ideals, 10th ed. by Terrence Ball, Richard Dagger, and Daniel O’Neill, ISBN 9781138650015

 

2. Additional books
   1. The Islam in Islamic Terrorism: The Importance of Beliefs, Ideas, and Ideology

-By Iban Warraq

ISBN-10: 1943003084

ISBN-13: 978-1943003082

 

1. No god but God (Updated Edition): The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam

–By Reza Aslan

ISBN-10: 0812982444

ISBN-13: 978-0812982442

 

1. Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism

-By John Calvert

ISBN-10: 0199326878

ISBN-13: 978-0199326877

 

1. Milestones Paperback – July 31, 2006

-By Sayed Qutb

ISBN-10: 817231244X

ISBN-13: 978-8172312442

 

Assignment:  Research paper

 

Please write about one of the political ideologies covered in our course textbooks, but from this point of departure, you will find something of your own you want to say about the material and ideas.   So your paper will not just be just a summary of the material, but rather a critical analysis of the material.  Open your paper with a thesis sentence articulating the main point of the paper, then move into a discussion of the evidence that supports your claim.  The research paper should be at least six pages long in APA style.  Use standard margins, double-space, and use a 12 point font (Cambria).  The cover sheet does not count as a page of paper.  The References page does not count as a page of paper in calculating the total of six pages.