本课程探讨多样性如何塑造和定义我们对现代英国的理解, 通过特别关注伦敦的穆斯林社区及其与更广泛社会互动的性质. 这包括对帝国主义及其遗产的分析, 以及英国的全球关系, 影响了政治政策和社会对多元文化主义的态度,尤其是对穆斯林群体的态度. 重点放在跨文化关系的分析,以及他们如何塑造了政治景观, 关于英国人身份意义的想法, 关于公民身份的辩论. Main themes include: the politics of immigration and race relations; varieties of experience among ethnic groups; gender, religion and politics; Islamic artistic and cultural forms; representations of Muslim communities within British culture and the media; the construction and expression of ethnic identities; violence and racial oppression; and the rise and consequences of Islamic fundamentalism.