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HIST342 Gandhi and Non-Violent Action in the 20th Century

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12cp in ANCH or ASST or ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only) or HIST or PAIS or PEAC or candidature in the BIntSt and any 24 cp or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions HIST242
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Howard Brasted (hbrasted@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit studies India's unique liberation from British rule, its traumatic partition with Muslim Pakistan, and its emerging identity as a Hindu fundamentalist, nuclear armed, state. Particular focus will be placed on Gandhi's contribution to these processes: (a) his philosophy of non-violent action: satyagraha (soul force); (b) his fusing of religion and politics; and (c) his attempted construction of Indianness.
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand the processes that led the British to dismantle the Raj. A key question to be examined is: Was decolonisation the product of economic rationalism or was it triggered by Gandhian moral challenge?;
  2. exhibit a knowledge of Satyagraha as a method of moral persuasion. A key question to be examined is: How did peoples' power actually work and in what circumstances?; and
  3. demonstrate an insight into why secular politics in the sub-continent is giving way to and being replaced by religious politics. A key question to be examined is: In the face of Hindu and Muslim fundamentalism how secular can either India or Pakistan remain?

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of the history discipline will be taught through lecture notes and essential readings. It will be assessed in both assessments. 		True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be taught communication skills through written feedback on the essays and participation component of the unit. Students studying on campus will learn valuable communication skills through participation in tutorials. Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing. Students will practise their communication skills through completing the assessment tasks. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The study of history, by definition, provides students with insights into the world of a different time and place and it therefore demands an appreciation of different values and cultures. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be directed to relevant literature and taught how to assess its validity. Students will be assessed on their ability to identify and critically analyse the relevant literature. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
By completing the assessments, students will be provided with the necessary life-long skills to be able to research, write and discuss social issues. These skills can be transferred to any discipline, and will be useful in any research positions. These attributes will be assessed in all of the assessments (written skills; analytical skills). 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Students are taught how historians research, analyse and interpret the past. Problem solving lies at the heart of tutorial sessions and essay writing. The skills is both practised and assessed in essays. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
The material encountered in this unit challenges the social and ethical values of the present. Students are thereby taught to consider social responsibility, they practise that attribute in their essays and are assessed on the result. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students will practise their teamwork skills through participating in tutorials, or online discussion postings. They will be required to discuss the weekly topics with their fellow students in a thoughtful and respectful manner. 		True
   

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