Hindus and Muslims in India: Coexistence and Conflict

Dozent/in	Dr. phil. Frank Neubert
Veranstaltungsart	Hauptseminar
Code	HS091378
Semester	Herbstsemester 2009
Durchführender Fachbereich	Religionswissenschaft
Studienstufe	Bachelor Master
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Di), ab 15.09.2009, 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr, Residenz R 0.03
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus	wöchentlich
Inhalt	In recent years, terror attacks and outbreaks of violent conflicts have drawn public attention to the state of Hindu-Muslim relations in India. As 12% of India’s population (i.e. ca. 125 million people in India) are Muslims, the issue of coexistence between the Hindu majority and the Muslim minority in India becomes crucial. From another perspective, the Muslim influence on Indian culture and religion is undeniably huge. Many of the sights tourists visit in India date from the Islamic period of Indian history, and a number of Hindu-religious innovations that emerged between the early modern period and the nineteenth century clearly display facets of Islamic doctrine and practice. In this course, we will follow the history of Muslims in India and their interactions and relations with Hindus from the first invasions of Muslim armies into India to the present time. One aim of the course will be to get a very basic knowledge of South Asian (religious) history from early modern times to the present. A second aim will be to get an understanding of the processes that led to the present religious and political situation in South Asia with a special focus on the developments in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Lernziele	a basic knowledge of South Asian religious history, an understanding of the current situation of Hindus and Muslims in India; practising presentation and discussion in English
Voraussetzungen	Besuch mindestens eines religionswissenschaftlichen Proseminars. Regelmässige, aktive Mitarbeit, insbesondere die Bereitschaft, ein Referat zu übernehmen, ist Voraussetzung für die Teilnahme gute Englischkenntnisse!
Sprache	Englisch
Begrenzung	bis 20 Studierende
Anmeldung	UniPortal
Hinweise	für BA- und MA-Studierende geeignet
Hörer-/innen	Nein
Kontakt	frank.neubert@unilu.ch Religionswissenschaftliches Seminar, Frau Ch. Waghorn, Kasernenplatz 3, 6000 Luzern 7; Tel.: 041 228 73 88; e-mail: relsem@unilu.ch
Material	s. Semesterapparat
Literatur	Empfohlene Literatur Annemarie Schimmel, Der Islam im indischen Subkontinent. Darmstadt 1995. Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund, Geschichte Indiens. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, München 1997. A detailed list of readings will be handed out in the first week.