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| 0687-2494-01 | From Colonial Subjects to Superpower: Understanding India's Political Thoughts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 2.0
Course description
From Colonial Subjects to Superpower: Understanding India's Political Thoughts
This course introduces some pivotal aspects underlying modern India's political and public spheres, via the combined perspectives of political science, comparative religion and classical Indology. Among the topics discussed: India's sacred geography and the Goddess Bharat Mata; the question of history; social structures; Dalits Politics; the concept of Hindutva and the Hindu Right.