Religion and Society in the Quran and Their Relationship to Pre-Islamic Arabia

• Thesis title in Czech: Náboženství a společnost v Koránu a jejich vztah k předislámské Arábii.
• Thesis title in English: Religion and Society in the Quran and Their Relationship to Pre-Islamic Arabia
• Key words: Mary Douglas, skupina, síť, kosmologie, Korán, společnost, raný islám, vznik islámu, Muhammad
• English key words: Mary Douglas, grid, group, cosmology, Quran, society, early Islam, origins of Islam, Muhammad
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2011/2012
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies (21-UFAR)
• Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Radek Chlup, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 15.08.2012
• Date of assignment: 15.08.2012
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 09.10.2012
• Date and time of defence: 08.09.2014 10:00
• Date of electronic submission: 09.08.2014
• Date of proceeded defence: 08.09.2014
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: Mgr. Pavel Ťupek, Ph.D.

Guidelines

V této práci bych se ráda věnovala okolnostem vzniku islámu tak, jak je můžeme vyčíst ze samotného Koránu, bez použití jiných, pozdějších zdrojů. Zároveň mě také zajímá naznačený vztah předislámské arabské kultury a raného islámu. Metodologicky hodlám vycházet především z Mary Douglas a její metody skupiny a sítě.
Tato britská antropoložka se pokusila různé typy sociálních situací, v nichž jsou rozličné systémy rozumění světu formulovány, analyzovat pomocí parametrů "skupiny" (míra, v jaké jsou vymezené hranice určité skupiny vůči zbytku společnosti) a "sítě" (množství pravidel, kterým se jedinec musí podřizovat). Tyto dva parametry jí pak umožňují roztřídit různé náboženské světonázory podle toho, jaké ideály v těchto dvou směrech vykreslují a jaké požadavky na jedince kladou.
Aplikací její metody v této práci se pokusím z Koránu, který není primárně narativní textem, extrahovat popis změny společenské situace prvních muslimů a vývoj jejich náboženských představ, který s ní souvisí, a konečně se pokusím pomocí antropologie Mary Douglas osvětlit, jak k oné transformaci docházelo a mohlo dojít.

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