Caste, Race, and Democracy
GOVT 395
Spring 2022
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Drawing on the resources of social and intellectual history, political theory, literature, and social science, this seminar will explore the intimacies and differences between two forms of social differentiation: caste in South Asia and race in the United States. We will focus, in particular, on the relationships between caste formation, racial formation, and imperial power; the diagnoses of and forms of democratic resistance to caste and race subjugation that were articulated in the 19th and 20th centuries; and the place of contemporary social science in documenting both the persistence of oppression along caste and racial lines and the success of efforts to combat such oppression. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (GOVT)(GOVT-Theory)(GSAS)(HRAD-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
WEB Du Bois, BLACK RECONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA
Robin DG Kelley, RACE REBELS: CULTURE, POLITICS, AND THE BLACK WORKING CLASS
Mulk Raj Anand, UNTOUCHABLE
Claudia Rankine, CITIZEN
Isabel Wilkerson, CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS
Susan Bayly, CASTE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS IN INDIA FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE MODERN AGE
Nicholas Dirks, CASTES OF MIND: COLONIALISM AND THE MAKING OF MODERN INDIA
Anupama Rao, THE CASTE QUESTION: DALITS AND THE POLITICS OF MODERN INDIA
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| Instructor(s): Ramesh,Hari Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: HALL56; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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