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Syllabus - The Making of Modern India and Pakistan - Princeton 2012
Syllabus - The Making of Modern India and Pakistan - Princeton 2012
Syllabus - The Making of Modern India and Pakistan - Princeton 2012
Department of History
Spring 2012
His 317
The Making of Modern India and Pakistan
Prof.
Gyan
Prakash
217
Dickinson
Hall,
8-‐5695
prakash@princeton.edu
This
is
an
introductory
course
in
modern
history
of
India
and
Pakistan.
Its
main
purpose
is
to
explore,
in
the
context
of
South
Asian
history,
certain
broad
issues
relating
to
modernity
–
the
emergence
of
modern
forms
of
politics,
the
construction
of
identities,
forms
of
cultural
practices,
and
the
nature
and
effects
of
globalization,
etc.
Overall,
the
aim
of
the
course
is
to
explore
the
historical
construction
of
modern
forms
of
life
and
thought
in
South
Asia.
With
this
in
view,
the
course
traces
the
impact
of
colonial
and
postcolonial
transformations.
We
situate
these
transformations
in
the
reformulation
of
cultural
traditions,
collective
identities,
and
society;
in
the
growth
of
"communal"
conflicts
between
Hindus
and
Muslims;
in
the
rise
of
nationalism
and
the
establishment
of
nation-‐states
on
the
subcontinent,
and
in
their
postcolonial
politics,
economics,
and
culture.
Requirements:
Mid-‐term,
Final,
and
a
paper.
READINGS:
Books:
M.K.
Gandhi,
Hind
Swaraj
Mohammed
Hanif,
The
Case
of
Exploding
Mangoes
Rokeya
Sakhawat
Hossain,
Sultana's
Dream
Metcalf
&
Metcalf,
A
Concise
History
of
India
Basharat
Peer,
Curfewed
Nights
Gyan
Prakash,
Mumbai
Fables
*
Readings
posted
on
Blackboard
Schedule
FEB
6:
Introduction:
South
Asia
in
Historical
Perspective
FEB
8:
From
Mughal
India
to
Company
Conquest
Metcalf
&
Metcalf,
Chs.1
&
2;
*"The
Muslim
Ruler
in
India”;
*Bernard
Cohn,
“Law
and
the
Colonial
State
in
India.”
FEB
13:
Company
Rule
FEB
15:
Liberal
Imperialism
&
Hindu
“Renaissance”
Metcalf
&
Metcalf,
Ch.
3;
*Governor
Lord
William
Bentinck’s
Minute
on
Sati;
*Macaulay’s
Minute
on
Education;
*A
Petition
of
Hindus
from
Calcutta
against
the
Abolition
of
Sati;
*Ram
Mohun
Roy
–
On
Europeans,
The
Brahmunical
Magazine,
Conference,
Abstract;
*Lata
Mani,
“Contentious
Traditions.”
FEB
20:
Subaltern
Insurgencies
FEB
22:
Colonial
Economy
and
Society
Metcalf
&
Metcalf,
Ch.
4;
*Azamgarh
Declaration;
*
Gautam
Bhadra,
“Four
Rebels
of
Eighteen
Fifty-‐Seven”;
Mumbai
Fables,
Ch.2.
FEB
27:
Languages
of
Politics
FEB
29:
The
Cultural
Politics
of
Modernity
Metcalf
&
Metcalf,
Ch.
5;
Sultana's
Dream;
*Barbara
Metcalf,
“Reading
and
Writing
About
Muslim
Women
in
British
India”;
*Chatterjee,
“The
Nation
and
its
Women.”
MARCH
5:
Gandhi:
South
Africa
to
India
MARCH
7:
Gandhian
Nationalism
Metcalf
&
Metcalf,
Ch.
6;
Hind
Swaraj;
*Nehru,
The
Discovery
of
India
(Selections)
MARCH
12:
The
Nation
and
its
Fragments:
Caste
and
Class
*Ambedkar,
What
Congress
and
Gandhi
have
done
to
the
Untouchables;
*Amin,
“Gandhi
as
Mahatma.”
MARCH
14:
Mid-‐term
SPRING
BREAK
MARCH
26:
Hindus
and
Muslims
MARCH
28:
Independence
and
Partition
Metcalf
&
Metcalf,
Ch.
7;
*Political
Awakening
in
India;
*Jinnah;
*Manto,
Mottled
Dawn;
Mumbai
Fables,
Ch.
4.
APRIL
2:
Democracy
and
Development
in
India
APRIL
4:
Nationalism
and
Dictatorship
in
Pakistan
Metcalf
&
Metcalf,
Ch.
8;
*Nehru;
*Manto,“Letters
to
Uncle
Sam;”
*Jaffrelot,
“Nationalism
without
a
Nation”;
*Jaffrelot,
“India
and
Pakistan”
APRIL
9:
Populism
&
Authoritarianism
on
the
Subcontinent
APRIL
11:
Pakistan:
From
Islamic
Republic
to
Islamic
State
Mumbai
Fables,
Chs.
5
&
6;
*Haqqani;
*Jalal
APRIL
16:
Caste
and
Democracy
APRIL
18:
Hindu
Nationalism
and
the
challenge
to
the
secular
nation-‐state
Metcalf
&
Metcalf,
Ch.
9;
*Nandy;
*Naim;
*Joshi;
*Pandian;
*Illiah;
*Jaffrelot,
“The
2002
Pogrom”
APRIL
23:
Globalization:
Development
and
Dispossession
APRIL
25:
Globalization:
The
New
Economy
of
Desire
Mumbai
Fables,
Chs.
8,9;
*Arundhati
Roy;
*Mazzarella;
*Mazumdar;
APRIL
30:
Society,
Politics,
and
the
State
on
the
Subcontinent
MAY
2:
Summing
up
*Zia
Mian;
*Hoodbhoy
&
Mian;
Basharat
Peer,
Curfewed
Nights.
FINAL
ASSIGNMENT
REQUIREMENT
AND
OPTIONS
There
is
a
final
assignment
requirement,
which
can
be
fulfilled
by
any
of
the
following
options:
1. Write
a
paper
(8-‐10
pages)
based
on
Mohammed
Hanif’s
The
Case
of
Exploding
Mangoes.
This
is
not
to
be
a
book
review,
but
a
paper
that
describes
and
analyzes
the
novel
as
a
historical
representation
of
Pakistan
under
General
Zia.
The
idea
is
not
to
determine
whether
or
not
the
novel
reflects
actual
history,
but
how
it
portrays
Pakistan
under
General
Zia,
how
the
narrative
and
the
characters
history
offer
a
particular
interpretation
of
Pakistan’s
history.
2. Write
a
paper
(8-‐10
pages)
on
one
of
the
themes
of
the
course.