Syllabus

Course Code: HIS-E-46(ii)    Course Name: Intellectual History of India-II

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 The Thinkers of ‘Indian Renaissance’: Colonialism, Western Ideas and Local Milieus – Making of Modern Indian Intellectuals; Prominent Ideologues of ‘Indian Renaissance’ – Rammohan Roy, Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore; Genesis of Indian Nationalism: W.C. Banarjee, Firozshah Mehta and Aurobindo Ghose
2 The Ideologues of Economic and Political Nationalism: Dadabhai Nauroji, M.G. Ranade, G.K. Gokale, B.G. Tilak, Annie Besant, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lajpat Rai; Mahatma Gandhi – His Ideas of Non-Violent Satyagraha, Trusteeship and Sarvodaya
3 The Ideologues of Muslim and Hindu Revivalism: Wahabi Sect and Syed Ahmed Barelvi; The Aligarh School – Syed Ahmed Khan; The Idea of Khilafat, Pan-Islamism and Ali Brothers; Debate on Separate Electorates for Muslims and ‘Muslim Nationhood’ – M.A. Jinnah and Abul Kalam Azad; Idea of ‘Hindu Nationhood’: Hindu Mahasabha – M.M. Malviya and V.D. Savarkar; R.S.S. – Hedgewar and Golwalkar
4 The Ideologues of Social Justice and Socialism: Satyashodhak Samaj – Jotirao Phule & Savitribai Phule; Pandta Ramabai, Early Ideas of Dalit Consciousness – Jyotee Thass and Narayana Guru; The Utopia of ‘Garib Kompani’ – Aulchand; Dr. B.R. Ambedkar – Dalit Protest and the Idea of Social Justice; Self Respect Party and E.V.R. Periyar; Prominent Socialist Outfits & its Thinkers: C.P.I. and M.N. Roy, H.S.R.A. and Bhagat Singh, C.S.P. – Jayaprakash Narayan and Rammanohar Lohia
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