HIS470H1: History, Rights, and Difference in South Asia

24S

Addressing South Asian history after 1750, this course examines ideas of rights, contract, and the rule of law in colonial and postcolonial contexts. Attention is paid to the intellectual history of rights and the central place of colonial and postcolonial questions within that history. Topics include rights and questions concerning indigenous culture, caste and customary practice, gender and capitalist development.

A mark of 73% or higher in HIS282Y1 or instructor's permission
Humanities
Society and its Institutions (3)