MjrtrnsmMnrty Rghts in S Asia

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

The course aims to provide an Asian response to the debate over the rise of ethno-nationalism, majoritarinism, and minority rights, serving as a corrective to current scholarships, which are guided by a Eurocentric approach. The case of India sheds light on specific reasons behind the decay of democracies around the world. Moreover, the course will investigate how and why ethno-religious majorities have been weaponizing their discourse against minorities, whether the Hindutva bears the features of an “exclusionary” ideology and why they have perceived them as a threat. How is democracy dealing with this? Does it address or exacerbate the tensions with ethno-nationalism?