Gandhian Thought -I

Paper Code: 
24 HIS 325 (C)
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

This course facilitates students in examining Gandhi's formative years, the evolution, and practical application of his ideas. It enables them to identify Gandhian techniques of non-violent resistance, his views on the economy, society, and state. Moreover, it helps in evaluating key concepts of Gandhi’s thought, its development, and his impact both during his lifetime and in subsequent decades.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course Outcomes (CO)

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24 HIS 325 (C)

Gandhian Thought -I

CO143- Assess Gandhi – The Man, Formative years and South African Experiences of Gandhi and Identify historical contexts that influenced him.

CO144-Examine Gandhi’s Concept of Religion and Spiritualism as a Code of Conduct.

CO145-Determine Gandhi’s Basic Concepts of Truth, Non- violence and Satyagraha.

CO146- Analyse Gandhi’s thought, including truth and ahimsa, swaraj and sarvodaya.

CO147-Critically assess Gandhi’s Autobiography - “My Experiments with Truth.”

CO148-Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction
  • Interactive Lectures
  • Group Discussion
  • Tutorials
  • Reading Assignments
  • Documentary Screening
  • Power Point Presentation

 

Written test and viva , Oral Presentation and quiz , Home Assignments, Group discussion

 

12.00

Gandhi – The Man, Formative years,

South African Experiences of Gandhi.

Influences that shaped his worldview.

 

12.00

Gandhi’s Concept of Religion and Spiritualism as a Code of Conduct.

 

12.00

Gandhi’s Basic Concepts –Truth, Non violence and Satyagraha.

 

14.00

Political Philosophy of Gandhi : Concept of Swaraj and Sarvodaya.

A Critique of Parliamentary Democracy.

 

10.00

Gandhi’s Autobiography - “My Experiments with Truth.”

 

Essential Readings: 

Recommended Readings :

  • Gandhi : The Story of My Experiments with Truth (An Autobiography)
  • J.N. Bandopadhyay : Social and Political Thought of Gandhi
  • B.N. Ganguli : Gandhi’s Social  Philosophy
  • Jha : Civil Disobedience and After
  • Judith Brown : Gandhi’s Rise to Power
  • Gandhi : Satyagrah
  • T.K. Mahadevan : Truth of Non-violence
  • Erik. H. Erikson : Gandhi’s Truth
  • John Bondurant : The Conquest of Violence
  • J.J. Anjana : An Essay on Gandhian Economy
  • Dhirendra Mohan Datta : Gandhi and Gandhism
  • Louis Fisher: The Story of Gandhi

 

Academic Year: 
2024-25
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