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HSL682

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HSL682
Introduction to Anti-Caste Thought and Literature
Credits 3
Structure 3-0-0
Pre-requisites
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HSL682 : Introduction to Anti-Caste Thought and Literature

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Course Contents: The course will focus on the following topics: Buddhist critiques of caste; Bhakti movement; anti-Brahmanism; anti- caste movements and new discourses (Jotirao Phule, Iyothee Thass, Periyar, Ambedkar); literary articulations of about and against caste and casteism (Dalit literature: autobiography, poetry); Role of anti- racism in anti-caste thought; Debates on sociology and historiography of caste; Anti-caste expressive cultures