Political and Economic Thought for a Humane Society detailed syllabus for Cyber Security (Cyber Security) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Cyber Security 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Mandatory Course-II scheme and its subjects refer to Cyber Security 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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