HIST259

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HIST259

The Indian Nation HIST259 SP

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
1	50	23	Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998 )

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India is the largest democracy in the world, with a vivid past, a challenging present, and a promising future. This course surveys the rise of national consciousness in India, beginning with localized expressions of patriotism in the nineteenth century, and concluding with a look a regional separatisms and Hindu nationalism in the 1980s and 90s. Along the way we examine military rebellion and middle-class terrorism; the evolution of nationalism and professional politics; the question of violence, and the contributions of M.K. Gandhi, M.A. Jinnah, Subhas Chandra Bose, and others; the role of women in nationalism and nation-building, and the effects of the nationalist movement on feminist politics; the evolution of Hindu and Muslim nationalist sentiment, and the partition of the subcontinent in 1947; the transformation of a freedom movement into free politics, and the mechanics of Indian democracy and statism; and the rise of separatist and majoritarian political organizations and the rhetoric they have employed. Readings will include memoir, speeches, contemporary fiction, polemic, and historical analysis. We will also view a variety of documentary video and feature film (in video format). The grade will be based on two papers, and a mid-term and final examination. For a more detailed description of the course, see: http://www.wesleyan.edu/~wpinch/vijay.htm

MAJOR READINGS

Readings include the following (depending on
availability):
V. S.Naipaul, INDIA: A MILLION MUTINIES NOW
Nirad Chaudhuri, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN UNKNOWN INDIAN
SOURCES OF INDIAN TRADITION (volume two, containing selected
writings of numerous south Asian figures -- on reserve)
WOMEN WRITING IN INDIA, vols. I and II (on reserve)
E.M. Forster, A PASSAGE TO INDIA
T. Basu et al, KHAKI SHORTS AND SAFFRON FLAGS (on reserve)
Ashis Nandy, THE ILLEGITIMACY OF NATIONALISM
Rabindranath Tagore, GORA
Khushwant Singh, TRAIN TO PAKISTAN
Shirlal Shukla, RAAG DARBARI

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

There will be at least two short (i.e., 5-7 pages) writing assignments, a midterm and a final examination.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Though the course builds on HIST 258 (Indian Society in the British Empire) in a variety of ways, historically and historiographically, HIST 258 is NOT a prerequisite for HIST 259. Students are encouraged to take both; but they are not linked as ampersand courses (credit for one does NOT depend on credit for the other). Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Pinch, W; Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

About the Photo:

Mahatma Gandhi

Reference:

Dunan, Marcel. MODERN HISTORY: FROM 1500 TO THE PRESENT DAY, New York: Harper & Row, 1964

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