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Course: Religion in India II

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Course title Religion in India II
Course code KRE/INDN2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fárek Martin, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Philosophical schools (Darshans) I.: introduction, grammarians, Samkhya and Yoga. Philosophical schools II.: Vedanta, Mimamsa. Philosophical schools III.: Nyaya (and Vaisheshika). Can we talk about Indian Ethics? Rituals (in temples, at home, transitional; pilgrimage customs). Calendar and feast days. Islam in India. Christian Europe and India - from antiquity till the end of the 18th century. Indian traditions in the colonial era and religon. Indian traditions in the last decades and their presence in the Western world.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods of individual activities, Work-related activities
Learning outcomes
The objective of this course is to follow the development of several philosophical and religious systems, namely the streams of Vaishnavism, Shaivaism, Shaktas and also Tantra, as well as their reaction to presence of Islam and then on the new colonial rurlers, especially British. Some significant Indian reformers of the 19th century will be introduced and specific merging of religion and politics in the movements for independence as well. The influence of the Indian diaspora in recent history will also be mentioned and several influential personalities who expanded various forms of Indian traditions in the Western world will be introduced.
Students will get deeper knowledge about the traditions of South Asia, about their philosophical, ritual, social and political dimensions.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KRE/INDN1

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic test, Discussion

The condition for passing an exam is: 1.) sufficient knowledge of the lectured topics (including the lectures from winter term - INDN1); 2.) sufficient knowledge of the obligatory literature; 3.) sufficient knowledge of at least two titles from the list of recommended literature (it is also possible to read other titles, if this has been approved by the instructor). The exam is oral.
Recommended literature
  • Bhagavadgíta, Ze sanskrtu přel. Jan FILIPSKÝ a Jaroslav VACEK, 1. vyd., Živá díla minulosti, sv. 80 (2. vydání Votobia, Praha 2000). Praha: Odeon, 1976.
  • FLOOD, Gavin, An Introduction to Hinduism, 1st ed.. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (NK, KRF UPa), 1996.
  • Mahábhárata aneb Velký boj, Podle staroind. originálu vypráví Vladimír MILTNER, 1. vyd.. Praha: Albatros, 1988.
  • VÁLMÍKI, Rámájana, Podle Válmíkiho sanskrtského textu převyprávěl Dušan ZBAVITEL, 1. vyd.. Praha: Argo, 2000.
  • Védské hymny, Z védského jazyka přeložil Oldřich FRIŠ, doprovodné slovo Petr VAVROUŠEK, 3. rozšíř. vyd., Prameny hinduismu, sv. 1.. Praha: Dharma Gaia, 2000.
  • BALAGANGADHARA, S. N. The Heathen in His Blindness.. Asia, the West,and the Dynamic of Religion. New Delhi, 2005. ISBN 81-7304-608-5.
  • BASHAM, A. L. (ed.). A Cultural History of India, 9th inp.. Delhi, Oxford University Press (NK), 1994.
  • EMBREE, A. (ed.). The Hindu Tradition. Readings in Oriental Thought, 2nd ed.. New York, Vintage Books, 1972.
  • GONDA, J. Die Religionen Indiens II.: Der Jungere Hinduismus, 1. Aufl.. Stuttgart, W. Kohlhammer (knihovna ÚFaR, FF UK), 1963.
  • KINSLEY, D. Hindu Godesses: Visions of the Divine Feminime in the Hindu Religious Tradition, 1st Indian ed.. , Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, (NK), 1987.
  • KLOSTERMAIER, K. K. A Survey of Hinduism, 1st ed.. Albany, SUNY Press (NK), 1989.
  • OBERHAMMER, G. (ed.). Studies in Hinduism II.: Miscelanea to the Phenomenon oj Tantras, 1st ed., Beitrage zur Kultur-und Geschichte Asiens, Nr. 28 (NK). Wien: Osterrichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1998.
  • O´FLAHERTY, W. D., SIVA. The Erotic Ascetic, 2nd ed.. Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, (NK), 1981.
  • PREINHAELTEROVÁ, H. Hinduista od zrození do zrození, 1. vyd.. Praha, Vyšehrad, 1997.
  • PREINHAELTEROVÁ, H. Moje bengálské přítelkyně, 2. vyd. (1. vyd. Praha, Práce 1978). Liberec: Nakladelství Jos. R. Vilímka, 1998.
  • ROSEN, S. J. (ed.). Vaisnavism. Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition, 1st ed.. New York, Folk Books, 1992.
  • ZBAVITEL, D. Bengali Literature, 1st ed., A History of Indian Literature, Vol. 9x, pl. 2, fasc. 3. Wiesbaden, Otto Harrassowitz, 1976.
  • ZBAVITEL, D. Otazníky starověké Indie, 1. vyd.. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové Noviny, 1997.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (2015) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
University of Pardubice, date of update: 21.07.2024 23:50. Data created for academic year 2016/2017