IR3081 Colonialism and non-Western Political Thought

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Availability restrictions

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Planned timetable

Lecture: Tues 1pm

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Module coordinator

Prof S Seth

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Module Staff

Prof Sanjay Seth

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Module description

Colonialism and imperialism were among the most important and defining processes of the last few centuries. Western imperialism remade both ‘East’ and ‘West’, and it served to create the ‘modernity’ which we now all inhabit. This course examines some of ways in which the non-Western world confronted the violence and inequality of colonialism. Focusing on specific thinkers and themes, it engages with the political thought of significant intellectuals and political leaders (including M.K. Gandhi, Nehru, and Fanon), and examines differing forms of anti-colonial politics, including nationalism, socialism, Negritude and Pan-Africanism.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS IR2006

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 60% Exam = 40%

Re-assessment

Exam = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture x10 weeks 1 tutorial x 10 weeks

Scheduled learning hours

20

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

275

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • provide a broad understanding of the intellectual and cultural effects of colonialism on colonizer and colonized
  • explain and account for the differing forms of resistance generated by imperialism
  • Explain and evaluate historical and contemporary critiques of colonial domination
  • Identify and account for the afterlives of historical processes such as colonialism and imperialism in the politics of the present
  • place the phenomenon of anticolonial nationalism in its historical context