LESSON PLAN

Semester: PG II, Second Semester, 2014

Course: CL/PG/4.4 Event

Teachers: Kunal Chattopadhyay, Debashree Dattaray

Course Coordinator:  Kunal Chattopadhyay

State, Secularism, Toleration, Democracy

India: The Magadhan State

Texts: Asokan Edicts, Mudrarakshasha

The Sultanate and the Mughal State:

Texts: The Mahzar (http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/ikram/part2_12.html#n10 ), selections from the Ain i Akbari (Blochmann 162-213 https://archive.org/stream/ainiakbari00jarrgoog#page/n223/mode/2up )

Tughlaq by Girish Karnad

The Colonial and Independent Indian states

Minute of Dissent: Amrit Kaur, Hansa Mehta, Minoo Masani; Secularism and Toleration – Partha Chatterjee; Towards Non Sexist Secular Family Laws in India – Vibhuti Patel;

Europe:

Ancient Greece

Texts: Aristotle – Athenaion Politeia, Aristophanes – Lysistrata

The English Revolution

Texts: Milton – Areopagitica

Gerrard Winstanley – The Law of Freedom

The French Revolution and 19^th century radical democracy:

Texts: Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen; selection from Robert Owen; The Civil War in France (Marx/IWMA)

Secularism and toleration and the divided legacy of the French Revolution: The debate over the veil

3 internals. Not more than one of which will be a home assignment

3-7 March 2014  --

24--28 March 2014 –

10--16 April 2014 –

Precise date will be communicated at least 7 days in advance