Les infos clés
En résumé
This course presents some important vignettes of a complex, highly diverse India that is also witnessing unprecedented changes since its formal independence in 1947 from Great Britain. The lectures revolve around social dimensions of change, the continuing influence of ancient texts on contemporary India, political democracy, economic transition from the state to the market, gender relations, India's economic globalisation and changing world view. While one of the objectives is to capture the multifaceted process of change, the course also critically examines some of the tensions inherent in these changes. For example, how does gender inequality play itself out in a changing Indian society, how do the modernist conceptions of art entailing market valuation challenge the more socio-centric values found in South India, what are the politics linguistic identities, and how might India address its myriad development challenges such as poverty and unemployment. No specific prior knowledge is required. However, it would be helpful if students are aware of the socio political dynamics at play in contemporary India and keep themselves abreast with current affairs and debates in the country to fully appreciate the various dimensions and contours if the subject matter in the course. This course is taught in English. View the MOOC promotional video here: http://tinyurl.com/hx8mhxb
Le programme
- Introduction
- British Empire
- Partition
- India in 1947
- Democracy in multi-ethnic setting
- The successes
- The conflicts
- State-led development
- The orientation towards the market
- Poverty
- Unemployment and jobless growth
- The power of ideas and nonalignment
- The reality of power
- Multi-alignment and capacity building
- Diverse and vibrant women's movement
- The possibilities and paradoxes
- Women's rights and gender inequalities
- Narratives, themes, traditions
- Moral dilemmas
- Contemporary relevance
- Ethnography and artistic agency
- Salience of myths on the political-economic culture
- Existence of non-modern domains and its reflection in universalised capitalist ontology
Les intervenants
Anthony D'Costa
Professor
School of Social and Political Sciences
Le concepteur

La plateforme

Coursera est une entreprise numérique proposant des formations en ligne ouverte à tous fondée par les professeurs d'informatique Andrew Ng et Daphne Koller de l'université Stanford, située à Mountain View, Californie.
Ce qui la différencie le plus des autres plateformes MOOC, c'est qu'elle travaille qu'avec les meilleures universités et organisations mondiales et diffuse leurs contenus sur le web.