POLITICAL SCIENCE-POST-COLONIAL THEORY AND PRACTICE (PLS622J3) 6th Semester

BACHELORS WITH POLITICAL SCIENCE AS MAJOR (CT – III)
6th SEMESTER
PLS622J3 POLITICAL SCIENCE _ POST-COLONIAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
CREDITS: THEORY: 04; TUTORIAL: 02
THEORY: 04 CREDITS:

UNIT-I: INTRODUCTION TO POSTCOLONIAL THEORY
Definition and Historical Context
Colonialism’s Impact on Political Structures
Key Concepts: Orientalism, Subaltern, Hybridity

UNIT-II: POSTCOLONIAL THEORISTS
Edward Said: Orientalism
Frantz Fanon: Wretched of the Earth
Gayatri Spivak: Can Subaltern Speak?

UNIT-III: POWER, RESISTANCE, AND DECOLONIZATION
Analyzing Power Structures in Postcolonial Societies
Strategies of Resistance and Anti-Colonial Movements
Case Studies: INC’s nationalist movement, FLN

UNIT-IV: POST-COLONIALISM IN CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL POLITICS
Neo-colonialism and Economic Dependency
Postcolonial Perspectives on Global Institutions
Constitutionalism and Development Models in postcolonial societies

TUTORIALS (02 CREDITS)
Debate on Decolonizing Culture
Debate on De-parochializing Western Political Theory
Subaltern View of State
Book Review- Any Relevant Book assigned by the Teacher