Political and Economic Thought for a Humane Society detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Design (CSD) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CSD students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Computer Science & Design 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSD 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Mandatory Course-II scheme and its subjects refer to CSD Mandatory Course-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of political and economic thought for a humane society is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Course Topics
Considerations for humane society, holistic thought, human being’s desires, harmony in self, harmony in relationships, society, and nature, societal systems. (9 lectures, 1 hour each)
(Refs: A Nagaraj, M K Gandhi, JC Kumarappa)
Capitalism – Free markets, demand-supply, perfect competition, laissez-faire, monopolies, imperialism. Liberal democracy. (5 lectures)
(Refs: Adam smith, J S Mill)
Fascism and totalitarianism. World war I and II. Cold war. (2 lectures)
Communism – Mode of production, theory of labour, surplus value, class struggle, dialectical materialism, historical materialism, Russian and Chinese models.
(Refs: Marx, Lenin, Mao, M N Roy) (5 lectures)
Welfare state. Relation with human desires. Empowered human beings, satisfaction. (3 lectures)
Gandhian thought. Swaraj, Decentralized economy & polity, Community. Control over one’s lives. Relationship with nature. (6 lectures)
(Refs: M K Gandhi, Schumacher, Kumarappa)
Essential elements of Indian civilization. (3 lectures)
(Refs: Pt Sundarlal, R C Mazumdar, Dharampal)
Technology as driver of society, Role of education in shaping of society. Future directions. (4 lectures) (Refs: Nandkishore Acharya, David Dixon, Levis Mumford)
Conclusion (2 lectures)
Reference Books:
Authors mentioned along with topics above. Detailed reading list will be provided.
Grading:
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Course Outcomes:
- The students will get an understanding of how societies are shaped by philosophy, political and economic system, how they relate to fulfilling human goals & desires with some case studies of how different attempts have been made in the past and how they have fared.
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