For M.A.
Optional (PISM)
Course-IS 599 N Political Themes in Comparative Perspective: Indian & Western Traditions
Instructor: Dr. Pravesh Kumar
Winter semester
Credit: 4
Method of Instruction: a) Lectures
b) Guided reading in class of selected texts
Contact hours: 3 per week (Monday 2:00-3:30 pm , Wednesday 2:00-3:30 pm , Friday 2:00-3:00pm)
Evaluation: Two mid-term assessments and final exam.
Course Objective:
The study of Comparative Political Thought is one of the key aspects of Political Studies. As
an important discipline of political analysis it not only forms comparative study of political
philosophers but also includes application of comparative method to understand different
Political systems, concepts, theories and ideas. The study involves transcending the boundary of
different cultures and civilizations in order to draw comparative understanding about their ideas,
principles and practice. The present course seeks to make comparative analysis between Western
and Indian schools of thought also identifying contesting debates between both. The course
includes classical and contemporary expression of both schools of thoughts by different
philosophers and debates between them. The paper will cover understanding of Indian political
thought revolving around the notion of Dharma (Religion), Rashtra (Nation), Nyaya (Justice)
and Loktantra (Democracy) from comparative perspective. It will provide new perspective
about India’s rich historical legacy and knowledge traditions. The course aims to build
theoretical knowledge about the subject and provide new insights about Indian and Western
school of thought.
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1. Discourse and Debates: Indian and Western Perspectives
-Religion and Dharma, Notion of Dhamma: Origin, Nature and Difference, relation with the
state, notion of Dhamma and its relation with Dharma.
-Nation and Rashtra: Concept and debate: Origin of the concept, nature and characteristics
- Individualism and Collectivism (Samashtivaad समि$वाद): Western and Indian perspective
2. Political Themes and Issues
-Caste, Class, Varna and Race: Social and Political, cultural Discourse and its Relevance
-Antyodaya (Unto the Last) and Welfare State: Modals of development
3.Socio-Cultural Framework: Concepts and Values
- Social harmony and Equity: Meaning, Nature and Correlation
-Equality and Egalitarianism (Samtamulak Samaj): low and self motivate
-Vasudhaiva Kutammbakam and Universal Brotherhood, Globalization and Indigenous
Resistance, Uniformity and Diversity: Contest and debate
Essential Readings:
Unit-I. Discourse and Debates: Indian and Western Perspectives
Beni, Prasad (1926): Theory of Government in Ancient India, Central Book Depot, Allahabad pp.157-267.
C. Rajagopalachari (2010): Mahabharata, Bharatiya Vidya BHAVAN, New Delhi
Dinkar, Ramdhari Singh (2015): Sanskiriti Ke Char Adhayya (Hindi), Lokbharati Prakshan, New Delhi, pp
25-32 & 91-103.
Gopal, Krishna (2015): Bharat Ki Sant Prampara Aur Samajik Samrasta (Hindi), Madhya Pradesh Hindi
Granth Academy, Madhya Pradesh,
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Gupta, Aditya (2018): Revisiting Secularism, National and intolerance: interpreting through Dharma and
Advatia, Politics for a New India, Rupa Publication, New Delhi pp. 3-4.
Omvedt, Gail (2003): Buddhism in India, sage Publication, India pp. 53-85.
Patnaik, D.D. (2002): Cultural Nationalism In Indian Perspective, Serials Publication, New Delhi, pp 331-
367.
Raju P.T. (1985): Structural depths of Indian thought, south Asian Publisher, New Delhi, pp. 8-14,147-
171.
Ramayya S. (1957): “ The Rise, Growth and Decay of Civilization in India “Annual Address February 17,
1957, The Journal Of The Ganganath Jha, Research Institute, Allahabad, Vol.16, Nov1956- August
1957(part 1-4), pp 107-150.
Sharma, Ganga Sahay (2006): Rig-Veda, Sanskrit Sahity Prakshan, New Delhi
Smith, Vincent A. (1914): The early history of India, oxford at the Clarendon press. PP -9-16
The Journal of the Ganganath Jha, Research Institute, Allahabad, Vol.16, Nov.1956- august 1957 (part 1-
4), pp. 132-142.
Tyagi, Narendra Kumar (1995): Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, pp. 25-31.
Unit-II. Political Themes and Issues
Basham, A.L. (1954): The Wonder That was India, sidgwick & Jackson, London, p 1-9.
Bhandarkar, D.R. (1995): Some aspects of ancient Hindu polity, BHU Press, page no. 57-178.
Collected works on Dr. Bhimrao Ram ji Ambedkar, Ministry of Social Justice, GOI, Volumes 5,7, 13 & 21.
Eisenstadt S.N.and ora ahimer (1985): The welfare state, and its aftermath, croom helm, London .pp 59-
86.
Ghuriya, J.S. (1951): Caste and Class in India, Popular Book Depot Bombay.
Jadhav, Narendra (2013): Ambedkar Speaks, volume I, Konark Publisher, New Delhi, pp 83-101 & 122-
164.
Jayaraman, Raja (1981): Caste, Class (Dynamics of inequality in Indian Society), Hindustan Publication,
Jaipur, Rajasthan
John Rawls, (1971): A Theory of Justice, Harvard University Press, USA.
Joshi, R. Barbara (1986): Untouchable – Voices of Dalit Liberation Movement, Minority Rights Group
London, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., USA
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Keer, Dhananjay (1981): Dr. Ambedkar Life and Mission, Bombay Popular Publisher, Bombay.
Klass, Mortan (1998): Caste: The Emergence of the South Asian Social System, Manohar Publication,
New Delhi.
Mallik, C. (2011): Justice And Equality in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Vision of India, Doctoral Dissertation,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Nagarajan, V. (1994): Origin of Hindu Social System, Dattsons Publication, Nagpur Maharashtra pp 97-
126.
Pierson Christopher and castles G. Francis (2000): The welfare a Reader, Polity Press,
Cambridge, UK, pp.11-16, 18-28,51-62.
The Journal of the Ganganath Jha, Vol.16, Nov.1956- August 1957 (part 1-4), Research Institute,
Allahabad, pp. 49- 89.
कमाल, के. एल. (2010): भारतीय राजनीितक ,चतन, राज$थान िह*दी -ंथ अकादमी , राज$थान , भारत
कुमार, !वेश (2010), दिलत अि'मता क+ राजनीित , मानक &कशन , !द#ली
कुमार, !वेश (2014 Oct-Dec), िह#दू जाित का स, , शोधपव& वॉ)यूम-1 , महारा% , भारत
गोपाल , कृ#ण (2015): भारत क' संत परंपरा और सामािजक समरसता , म"य$देश िह+दी -ंथ अकादमी , म"य$देश
भारत
टूलधा&रया , ब"ीशाह (संवत 2059): देिशक श' , दीनदयाल उपा*याय +काशन , लखनऊ ,उ"र$देश , भारत
बाशम ए. एल . (१९५४): अदभुत भारत , िशवलाल अ"वाल ए"ड क"पनी , आगरा , उ"र !देश ।
शमा$ , महेश चंद (1994): दीनदयाल उपा*याय ( कृित0व एवं िवचार ) , वसुधा पि)लकेशन , नई $द&ली पृ+ सं.या
301-328.
सहाय ,िशव$व%प (2000): !ाचीन भारत का सामािजक एवं आ3थक इितहास , मोतीलाल बनारसीदास , नई $द&ली
Socio-Cultural Framework: Concepts and Values
कुमार,!वेश (2018): सामािजक समरसता िवचार नह. /वहार , िव1ािनिध 3काशन , 5द7ली
जयसवाल , काशी !साद (2012): !हदू रा#य तं# , िव#िव$ालय !काशन , वाराणसी , उ"र !देश , खंड -1
!दनकर ,रामधारी !सह (2015): सं#कृित के चार अ"याय , लोकभारती !काशन , नई !द#ली , पृ# 25,35,91-103.
िववेकानंद , !वामी (2013), जाित , सं#कृित और समाजवाद , राम कृ'ण मठ , नागपुर , महारा% , भारत
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Gopal, Krishan (2015), Bharat Ki Sant Parampara Aur Samajik Samrasta (Hindi), Madhya Pradesh Hindi
Granth Academy, Madhya Pradesh.
Jaiswal. Kashi Prasad (1924): Hindu Polity, Butterworth publication, Calcutta
Life in Out Line, Deendyal Research Institute, Chitrakoot Madhya Pradesh
Raghavendra R.H (2016), Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s Ideas on Social Justice in Indian Society, Contemporary
Voice of Dalit, 8(1) pp 24–29, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
Shanti Parv, Geeta press, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Sharma, Mahesh Chand (2000), Economic philosophy of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Research and
Development Foundation for Integral Humanism, New Delhi.
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परा -!ातक के छा() हेतु (वैकि&पक )
तुलना&मक प"रपे%य म" राजनीितक िवषय : भारतीय और प"#चमी परंपरा
पा#$म का उ"े$य:
तुलना&मक राजनीित िचंतन , राजनीितक अ"ययन का एक !मुख !ा#प ह"। राजनीितक िव#लेषण क" !प म" यह िसफ़$
राजनीितक दश#िनको का तुलना&मक अ"ययन ही नह# ह"। ब"#क यह िविभ$ राजनीितक !यव$थाओं ,अवधारनाओ , िस#ांतो
तथा िवचरो क" तुलना&मक अ"ययन को भी समािहत करता ह"। तुलना&मक अ"ययन िविभ$ सं#क%ितयो तथा स"यताओं क"
िवचार$ , िस#ांतो तथा !यास% का तुलनतमक समझ को उ"क$% बनता ह" यह वत#मान कोस$ प"#चमी तथा भारतीय िचंतन िवधा
का तुलना&मक अ"ययन क" साथ दोनो क" म"य प"रचचा& को भी !दिश%त करता ह"। यह कोस$ दोनो !क#लो क" िविभ$ शा#ीय
तथा समसमियक िवचारक' क" िवचार तथा उनक$ म"य क" प"रचचा& का तुलनतमक अ"ययन करता ह" । यह पेपर भरितया
राजनीितक िचंतन क" िविभ$ धारणाओं जैसे धम# ,रा#$ , !याय , लोकतं& को संदिभ&त करेगा यह भारत क" एितहािसक उ"क$%
!भूता क" संदभ% म" एक नया !ि#कोण !फ#ि%त करेगा । इस कोस$ का मु#य ल"य भारतीय तथा प"#चमी !क#ल% क" संदभ% म"
नई सैधा%&तक !ान को सामवध&न करना ह" ।
1. - !ा#यान और बहस: भारतीय और पि#मी प"र$े&य
- रेिलजन और धम#, ध"म क" धारणा: उ"पि%, !कृित और अंतर, रा#य के साथ संबंध, ध"म क" धारणा
और धम# के साथ इसके संबंध।
-नेशन और रा#: अवधारणा और बहस: अवधारणा, !कृित और िवशेषता( क" उ"पि%
- !ि#गतता और सामूिहकता (समि$वाद): पि#मी और भारतीय प"र$े&य
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2. राजनीितक िवषय और मु#े
- जाित, वग# और वण# और नस्ल: सामािजक !ा#यान और इसक$ !ासंिगकता
- अ"#ोदय और क"याणकारी रा#य: िवकास के तरीके
3. सामािजक- सां$कृितक ढांचा: अवधारणाएं और मू#य
- सामािजक समरसता और !यायस%यता: अथ#, !क#ित एवं सह-संबंध
- इ"ािलटी और समतामुलक समाज: िनयम और !व-!ेरणा
-वसुधैव क"ट$%बकम और वै#$वक बंधु%व, वै#ीकरण और !वदेशी !ितरोध, एक#पता और िविवधता: चचा# और
संघष%
Essential Readings:
Unit-I. !ा#यान और बहस: भारतीय और पि#मी प"र$े&य
Beni, Prasad (1926): Theory of Government in Ancient India, Central Book Depot, Allahabad pp.157-267.
C. Rajagopalachari (2010): Mahabharata, Bharatiya Vidya BHAVAN, New Delhi
Dinkar, Ramdhari Singh (2015): Sanskiriti Ke Char Adhyyan (Hindi), Lokbharati Prakshan, New Delhi, pp
25-32 & 91-103.
Gopal, Krishna (2015): Bharat Ki Sant Prampara Aur Samajik Samrasta (Hindi), Madhya Pradesh Hindi
Granth Academy, Madhya Pradesh,
Gupta, Aditya (2018): Revisiting Secularism, National and intolerance: interpreting through Dharma and
Advatia, Politics for a New India, Rupa Publication, New Delhi pp. 3-4.
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Omvedt, Gail (2003): Buddhism in India, sage Publication, India pp. 53-85.
Patnaik, D.D. (2002): Cultural Nationalism In Indian Perspective, Serials Publication, New Delhi, pp 331-
367.
Raju P.T. (1985): Structural depths of Indian thought, south Asian Publisher, New Delhi,pp. 8-14,147-171.
Ramayya S. (1957): “ The Rise, Growth and Decay of Civilization in India “Annual Address February 17,
1957, The Journal Of The Ganganath Jha, Research Institute, Allahabad, Vol.16, Nov1956- August
1957(part 1-4), pp 107-150.
Sharma, Ganga Sahay (2006): Rig-Veda, Sanskrit Sahity Prakshan, New Delhi
Smith, Vincent A. (1914): The early history of India, oxford at the Clarendon press. Pp.9-16
The Journal of the Ganganath Jha, Research Institute, Allahabad, Vol.16, Nov.1956- august 1957 (part 1-
4), pp. 132-142.
Tyagi, Narendra Kumar (1995): Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, pp. 25-31.
Unit-II. राजनीितक िवषय और मु#े
Basham, A.L. (1954): The Wonder That was India, sidgwick & Jackson, London, p 1-9.
Bhandarkar, D.R. (1995): Some aspects of ancient Hindu polity, BHU Press, page no. 57-178.
Collected works on Dr. Bhimrao Ram ji Ambedkar, Ministry of Social Justice, GOI, Volumes 5,7, 13 & 21.
Eisenstadt S.N.and ora ahimer (1985): The welfare state, and its aftermath, croom helm, London. Pp.59-
86.
Ghuriya, J.S. (1951): Caste and Class in India, Popular Book Depot Bombay.
Jadhav, Narendra (2013): Ambedkar Speaks, volume I, Konark Publisher, New Delhi, pp. 83-101 & 122-
164.
Jayaraman, Raja (1981): Caste, Class (Dynamics of inequality in Indian Society), Hindustan Publication,
Jaipur, Rajasthan
John Rawls, (1971): A Theory of Justice, Harvard University Press, USA.
Joshi, R. Barbara (1986): Untouchable – Voices of Dalit Liberation Movement, Minority Rights Group
London, Atlantic Highlands, N.J., USA
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Keer, Dhananjay (1981): Dr. Ambedkar Life and Mission, Bombay Popular Publisher, Bombay.
Klass, Mortan (1998): Caste: The Emergence of the South Asian Social System, Manohar Publication,
New Delhi.
Mallik, C. (2011): Justice And Equality in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Vision of India, Doctoral Dissertation,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Nagarajan, V. (1994): Origin of Hindu Social System, Dattsons Publication, Nagpur Maharashtra pp.97-
126.
Pierson Christopher and castles G. Francis (2000): The welfare a reader, Polity Press,
Cambridge, UK, pp 11-16,18-28,51-62.
The Journal of the Ganganath Jha, Vol.16, Nov.1956- August 1957 (part 1-4), Research Institute
Allahabad, pp.49- 89.
कमाल, के. एल. (2010): भारतीय राजनीितक ,चतन, राज$थान िह*दी -ंथ अकादमी , राज$थान , भारत
कुमार, !वेश (2010), दिलत अि'मता क+ राजनीित , मानक &कशन , !द#ली
कुमार, !वेश (2014 Oct-Dec), िह#दू जाित का स, , शोधपव& वॉ)यूम-1 , महारा% , भारत
गोपाल , कृ#ण (2015): भारत क' संत परंपरा और सामािजक समरसता , म"य$देश िह+दी -ंथ अकादमी , म"य$देश
भारत
टूलधा&रया , ब"ीशाह (संवत 2059): देिशक श' , दीनदयाल उपा*याय +काशन , लखनऊ ,उ"र$देश , भारत
बाशम ए. एल . (१९५४): अदभुत भारत , िशवलाल अ"वाल ए"ड क"पनी , आगरा , उ"र !देश ।
शमा$ , महेश चंद (1994): दीनदयाल उपा*याय ( कृित0व एवं िवचार ) , वसुधा पि)लकेशन , नई $द&ली पृ+ सं.या
301-328.
सहाय ,िशव$व%प (2000): !ाचीन भारत का सामािजक एवं आ3थक इितहास , मोतीलाल बनारसीदास , नई $द&ली
Unit III. सामािजक- सां$कृितक ढांचा: अवधारणाएं और मू#य
जयसवाल , काशी !साद (2012): िहंद% रा#य तं# , िव#विव$ालय !काशन , वाराणसी , उ"र !देश , खंड -1
!दनकर ,रामधारी िसंह (2015): सं#क%ित क" चार अ"याय , लोकभारती !काशन , नई !द#ी , पृ# 25,35,91-103.
!वेश कुमार (2018): सामािजक समरसता िवचार नह. /वहार , िव1ािनिध 3काशन , 5द7ली
िववेकानंद , !वामी (2013), जाित , सं#कृित और समाजवाद , राम कृ'ण मठ , नागपुर , महारा% , भारत
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Gopal, Krishan (2015), Bharat Ki Sant Parampara Aur Samajik Samrasta (Hindi), Madhya Pradesh Hindi
Granth Academy, Madhya Pradesh.
Jaiswal. Kashi Prasad (1924): Hindu Polity, Butterworth publication, Calcutta
Life in Out Line, Deendyal Research Institute, Chitrakoot Madhya Pradesh
Raghavendra R.H (2016), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Ideas on Social Justice in Indian Society, Contemporary
Voice of Dalit, 8(1) pp. 24–29, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
Shanti Parv, Geeta press, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Sharma, Mahesh Chand (2000), Economic philosophy of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Research and
Development Foundation for Integral Humanism, New Delhi.
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