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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2026
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ASIA 225 001 (CRN: 25778)
GLOBAL GANDHI
Long Title: GLOBAL GANDHI: IMPERIAL RESISTANCE AND COLONIAL POLITICS
Department: Asian Studies
Instructor: Chatterjee, Sourav
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM MW (12-JAN-2026 - 24-APR-2026)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 30
Section Enrolled: 13
Enrollment data as of: 25-NOV-2025 1:17PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This course is organized around the political thought and action of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, as well as that of his interlocutors, including Tagore, Savarkar, Ambedkar, Nehru, Jinnah, and Godse. Through their dialogue and engagement, Gandhi developed a framework of thought and action the enabled him to critique modernity, Western civilization, and British imperialism. This class will explore diverse and often contradictory anticolonial perspectives, the nature of civil disobedience, the value of equality, the harm of violence, and what it means to be human amidst technological change.