180134 SE Contemporary Problems of Indian Philosophies (2020W)
Postcolonial Theories, Hindutva, Philosophy of the Spirit
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 16.09.2020 09:00 to We 23.09.2020 10:00
- Registration is open from Fr 25.09.2020 09:00 to Fr 02.10.2020 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2020 23:59
Details
max. 30 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
The seminar will take place digital via moodle.
Remark: Due to the fact that this seminar will take place online in a "digital-learning-mode", it is important that all participants in the course are registered on Moodle, because all communication will take place via this digital plattform. The seminar meetings will be recorded and made available on the Moodle plattform of this seminar.
- Tuesday 13.10. 11:30 - 13:30 Digital
- Tuesday 20.10. 11:30 - 13:30 Digital
- Tuesday 27.10. 11:30 - 13:30 Digital
- Tuesday 03.11. 11:30 - 13:30 Digital
- Tuesday 10.11. 11:30 - 13:30 Digital
- Tuesday 17.11. 11:30 - 13:30 Digital
- Tuesday 24.11. 11:30 - 13:30 Digital
- Tuesday 01.12. 11:30 - 13:30 Digital
- Tuesday 15.12. 11:30 - 13:30 Digital
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral Presentation (15 minutes) which has to be presented in an online meeting. A audio-recording of this presentation has to be send to Mr. Boehler and Julia Ruthofer (Fachmentoring) via email some days before the online presentation of the lecture. The audio-file is the second part of your achievements for the seminar. The third criterion for the evaluation is participation in the seminar.
The overall grade implies: oral presentation (25%), audio-file (25%), active participation in the seminar (50%)
With the registration to this seminar you agree that the Plagiat-software Turnitin will examin all the written texts you uploaded on moodle.
The overall grade implies: oral presentation (25%), audio-file (25%), active participation in the seminar (50%)
With the registration to this seminar you agree that the Plagiat-software Turnitin will examin all the written texts you uploaded on moodle.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Minimum requirement for a positive evaluation: > 50% of the overall achievments.
For a positive grade you have to be present in the online-meetings. (No more than 2 meetings you can apologize your absence)
For a positive grade you have to be present in the online-meetings. (No more than 2 meetings you can apologize your absence)
Examination topics
All particants have to present one of the texts made available on Moodle. The presentation should communicate the central thoughts of the text to the participants, questions them critically and contextualize it historically. You also are requested to send an audiofile with your oral presentation some days before the online-presentation takes place in the seminar to Mr. Boehler (arno.boehler@univie.ac.at) with the following information: NAME_SE_INDISCHEPHILO.pdf
Reading list
Sri Aurobindo (1997): Karmayogin: Political Writings and Speeches 1909-1910. Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Pondicherry.
Dipesh Chakrabarty (2000): Provincializing Europe. Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference. Princeton University Press: Princeton.
Peter Heehs (2006): Sri Aurobindo and Hinduism. Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives and Research Library: Pondicherry-
Vinayak Damodar Savarka (1923): Essentials Of Hindutva, https://archive.org/details/hindutva-vinayak-damodar-savarkar-pdf/page/n13/mode/2upWeitere Literatur wird auf Moodle bereitgestellt
Dipesh Chakrabarty (2000): Provincializing Europe. Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference. Princeton University Press: Princeton.
Peter Heehs (2006): Sri Aurobindo and Hinduism. Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives and Research Library: Pondicherry-
Vinayak Damodar Savarka (1923): Essentials Of Hindutva, https://archive.org/details/hindutva-vinayak-damodar-savarkar-pdf/page/n13/mode/2upWeitere Literatur wird auf Moodle bereitgestellt
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:18
Fristly we will examine the question, prominently posed by Chakrabarty (2000), how the relation of postcolonial India to modernity can be conceived? Do we have to consider the global call to modernize "pre-modern" societies (such as India) as a modern myth, narrated to colonaize pre-modern societies by subjecting them under the logic of a so-called universal history, or do we have to accept this global world history being indeed part of a emancipatory world history?
Secondly we would like to investigate these questions by virtue of a critical analysize of hindu-national Movements in India (Hindutva) which combine pre-modern and modern narratives. We will ask which pre-modern society and which modern society they are recalling.
Thirdly we will read the poet-philosopher Sri Aurobindo Ghose who reflects these political questions of contemporary India in a philosophical manner in his Integral Yoga.