History 193 - The Great Men of India

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Claremont McKenna College

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Kumar We will look at a dozen exemplary figures in South Asia: Vishwamitra, Shankara, Kabir, Akbar, Rammohan Roy, Ghalib, Iqbal, Bankimchandra, Phule, Tagore, and Nehru. They include saints, teachers, philosophers, poets, rulers, reformers, and novelists. The aim is to understand what it is about historical constructs at different times that gives them the status of 'great.' We will also aim tounderstand their male-ness, and how it was inevitable that the 'great' people should have been 'men.' Offerevery other year.

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1.50

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Lecture

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www.claremontmckenna.edu/

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(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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