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Dec 14, 2025
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SOSC 7370 - Religion and Politics in 20th-Century India
Credits: 3
Examines the factors that gave rise in India to religious riots and sectarian conflicts in the 20th century, the partition of India in 1947, the communal riots in Bombay during 1992-1993, and the 2002 pogroms against Muslims in Gujarat. Topics include British colonial attitudes toward religious differences, the histories of Hindu and Muslim political parties, the use of religion in film before and after independence, the partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan, gender and religious politics, and the revival of Hindu nationalism in postcolonial India. May be applied to the following curricular field concentrations: humanities; global studies (non-Western); human rights and social justice; gender studies.
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