University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 60

ECTS credits : 30

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: Full Year

Planned timetable: Wednesday am

This course situates India in global intellectual histories of the long nineteenth century (1800s to 1910s). It interrogates how thinkers beyond India referred to India, to formulate their political and social thought. Simultaneously, it investigates how Indian thinkers drew on South Asian contexts and intellectual genealogies, as well as on extra-Indian (especially, but not exclusively, European) discourses and histories, to express their political and social perspectives. The course will explore varied theoretical frameworks and methodologies to understand these intellectual connections. Students will learn how to analyse primary sources from the long nineteenth century. (These will be original works in English or texts in English translation.) They will gain critical awareness about how transregional exchanges have shaped the modern world in arenas like statecraft and political philosophy, law, democratic movements, labour and property regimes, and human-nonhuman relations.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Students must have satisfied requirements for entry to Honours

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 3-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour

Scheduled learning hours: 88

Guided independent study hours: 506

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%

Re-assessment: Coursework = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr D J Patrick
Module teaching staff: Dr Derek Patrick