Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Modern Indian Thinkers Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
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Syllabus for Modern Indian Thinkers
Practise with the Semester 6 past papers. They are from the old syllabus, so check each topic against this one.
Module 1: Introduction and Background of Modern India
- a Historical and cultural overview of colonial India
- b Contemporary Indian Philosophy and its nature
- c Comparison with the Western thought
Module 2: Religion, God and Spirituality
- a Swami Vivekananda: Universal Religion and Practical Vedanta.
- b Sri Aurobindo: Religion, Spirituality and Supermind.
- c Mohd. Iqbal: Self, God and Superman.
Module 3: Social and Political Thinkers
- a Mahatma Phule: Critique of caste system, Status of women and Satyashodak Samaj
- b M. N. Roy: Critique of Marxism, Radical Humanism
- c B. R. Ambedkar: Annihilation of caste,
Module 4: Modern Indian Philosophy
- a M. K. Gandhi: Sarvodya, Satyagraha and Critique of Modernity
- b Krishnamurti: Conception of Thought, Analysis of self, truth as a pathless land.
- c Vandana Shiva: Ecofeminism, critique of anthropocentrism.
Reference Books
- 1 Gandhi, M. K. (2005). Hind Swaraj. Cambridge University Press.
- 2 Krishnamurti, J. (1975). The first and last freedom. HarperCollins.
- 3 Shiva, V. (2016). Staying alive: Women, ecology, and development. North Atlantic Book
- 4 Ambedkar, B. R. (2014). Annihilation of caste. Navayana.
- 5 Phule, M. (2004). Thoughts on education. Penguin Books India.
- 6 Roy, M. N. (2004). Selected works of M. N. Roy. Oxford University Press.
- 7 Rodrigues, V. (Ed.). (2002). The essential writings of B. R. Ambedkar. Oxford University Press
- 8 Iqbal, M. (2010). The reconstruction of religious thought in Islam. Oxford University Press.
- 9 Sri Aurobindo. (1990). The life divine. Lotus Press.
- 10 Vivekananda, S. (2015). The complete works of Swami Vivekananda. Advaita Ashrama
- 11 Dasgupta, S. (2016). A history of Indian philosophy, Volume 1. Cambridge University Press.
- 12 Gandhi, R. (2007). The Penguin history of modern India: From the decline of the Mughal empire to the present. Penguin Books.
- 13 Guha, R. (2007). India after Gandhi: The history of the world's largest democracy. Harper Perennial.
- 14 Hamilton, S. (2014). Indian philosophy: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press