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    INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

    Course Details
    Course Title: Indian Political Thought
    Course Code BALAW Credits 4
    L+T+P 3+1+0 Course Duration One Semester
    Semester IV Contact Hours 45 (L) + 15 (T) Hours
    Methods of Lecture, Tutorials, Group discussion; Self-Study, Presentations by
    Content Students, Class assignments.
    Interaction
    Assessment and  30% - Continuous Internal Assessment (Formative in nature but
    Evaluation also contributing to the final grades)
     70% - End Term External Examination (University Examination)

    Course Objectives
    • To provide to the students the foundational knowledge about the Indian political
    thinking and its various phases of evolution.
    • To help the students understand concepts and ideological constructs of Indian thinkers.
    • To help them understand socio-political ideas of prominent political thinkers of India.
    • To help the students to correlate the debate with contemporary political-legal
    developments.

    Learning Outcomes
    After completion of the course the students should be able to:
     Understand the socio-political background and its relationship with the evolution and
    development of political thinking in India
     Analyse the socio-political ideas of prominent Indian political thinkers and its
    applicability in the political constitutional/legal field.
     Understand the relevance of Indian political ideas in contemporary times
     Compare and contrast some of the relevant concepts in Indian political thinking with the
    Western political ideas.
    Course Contents
    UNIT I: Introduction to Indian Political Thought (15 % Weightage)
     Meaning of Political Thought
     Political Thought in India
     Socio-political background to the evolution of political thought in India

    UNIT II: The Ancient Tradition (20 % Weightage)


     State, government and statecraft in Ancient India
     Manu
     Kautalya

    UNIT III: Modern Indian Political Thought: Early Liberals (15 % Weightage)
     Ram Mohun Roy
     Gopal Krishan Gokhale
     Syed Ahmed Khan

    UNIT IV: Cultural Nationalists (25 % Weightage)


     Bal Gangadhar Tilak
     Vivekanand
     Dayanand Saraswati
     Bankim Chandra Chaterjee
     V D Savarkar

    UNIT V: Socialists, Idealists, Practitioners and Radicals (25 % Weightage)

     Jay Prakash Narayan


     M.N. Roy
     Jawaharlal Nehru
     M.K. Gandhi
     Rabindranath Tagore
     B.R. Ambedkar

    Content Interaction Plan:

    Lecture cum
    Discussion
    Unit/Topic/Sub-Topic
    (Each session of
    1 Hour)

    1-3  Meaning of Political Thought


     Political Thought in India
    4
     Socio-political background to the evolution of political thought in
    5-7 India
    8-10  State, government and statecraft in Ancient India
     Manu
    11-13
    14-16  Kautalya

    17-18  Bal Gangadhar Tilak


     Vivekanand
    19-21
     Dayanand Saraswati
    22-23  Bankim Chandra Chaterjee
    24-26  V D Savarkar

    27-28
    29-30  Jay Prakash Narayan
     M.N. Roy
    31-33
     Jawaharlal Nehru
    34-35  M.K. Gandhi
    36-39  Rabindranath Tagore
     B.R. Ambedkar
    40-42
    43-45
    15 Hours Tutorials
     Suggested References:
     Singh, M. P and Roy, Himanshu. Eds. (2011). Indian Political Thought: Themes and
    Thinkers. New Delhi: Pearson.
     Chandra, Bipan. (2011). Essays on Indian nationalism. New Delhi: Har Anand
    Publications.
     Padhy, K. S. (2011). Indian political thought. New Delhi: PHI Learning Private Ltd.
     Mehta, V.R., & Pantham, Thomas. (Ed.) (2006). Political ideas in modern India:
    thematic explorations. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
     Verma, Vishwanath Prasad. (1971). Modern Indian political thought. Agra:
    Lakshami Narayan Agarwal.
     Singh, Akash, Mohapatra, Silka. (2010). Indian political thought: A reader. New
    Delhi: Routledge.
     Chakrabarty, Bidyut, & Pandey, Rajendra Kumar. (2009). Modern Indian political
    thought: text and context. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
     Pantham, Thomas, & Deatsch, Kennath L. (Eds.). (1986). Political thought in
    modern India. New Delhi: Sage Publication.
     Appadorai, A. (1971). Indian political thinking in the twentieth century. London:
    OUP.

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