Proseminar in Indology: Classical Indian Civilization

lglor1541  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Proseminar in Indology: Classical Indian Civilization
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Vielle Christophe;
Language
French
Prerequisites
None, but an elementary knowledge of Sanskrit is useful.
Main themes
Through history and/or social and cultural anthropology, the seminar deals with the peculiarities of classical Indian civilization: geographical and chronological framework; Aryan question; Vedic society (individual, family, castes); Brahmanic tradition; village and city, places of worship; asceticism and monasticism; kingship and state organization; policy and economics; court culture and intellectual life; encounters of India with the West (antiquity / modern times).
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 At the end of this seminar, the student will be capable to understand historically and anthropologically the peculiarities of classical Indian civilization.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Faculty or entity
GLOR


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies

Minor in Antiquity: Egypt, Eastern World, Greece, Rome