Political Science: Add-on Course
Notice Dated : 11/05/2023
The Department of Political Science, Serampore College is organising a 30 hours Value Added Course on “Alternative Social Reconstruction: Studies on Tagore and Gandhi”. The dates scheduled for the course are 24th May 2023, 27th May 2023, 07th June 2023, 10th June 2023, 14th June 2023 and 17th June 2023. Interested students/scholars are requested to contact any of the following teachers on or before 20th May 2023.
Prof. PATRALI SINHA (Course Coordinator) | 8777742286 |
Prof. DEBAJYOTI BANERJEE | 6290276419 |
Prof. PALLAVI SEN GUPTA | 9831850241 |
Prof. SUDEEPTA GHOSE | 9830356174 |
Value Oriented Course : Alternative Social Reconstruction : Studies on Tagore and Gandhi
Organised by : Department of Political Science, Serampore College
Course Duration : 30(hrs) in 3 Weeks (Wednesdays and Saturdays)
Time : 11am-2pm and 3pm-5pm
Syllabus
Unit I
- Tagore : A Short Biography (1 hr)
- Gandhi : A Short Biography (1 hr)
- Convergence and Divergence of Ideas : Tagore and Gandhi (2 hrs)
Unit II
- Tagore on Nationalism (2 hrs)
- Tagore on Education (1 hr)
- Tagore on Environment (1 hr)
- Tagore on Cooperative (1 hr)
- Swadeshi Samaj : Text and Ideas (1 hr)
- Experiments on Education and Rural Reconstruction (Silaidaha Patisar Phase) (1 hr)
- Experiments on Education and Rural Reconstruction ( Santiniketan and Sriniketan Phase) (4 hrs)
Unit III
- Gandhi’s Critique of Modern Civilization (1 hr)
- Satyagraha (2 hrs)
- Non-violence (2 hrs)
- Gandhi on Environment (1 hr)
- Gandhi on Education (1 hr)
- Gandhi’s views on State, Trusteeship, Sarvodaya and Ramrajya (3 hrs)
Unit IV
- Screening of Documentary/ Field visit/ Museum Visit (5 hrs)
Reading List
Unit wise suggested readings will be provided later.