Bakgrunnskunnskap
Studentene forventes ? ha en viss bakgrunnskunnskap i s?rasiatisk historie. For eksempel kan leses:
P? norsk
Ruud, A.E., E. Mageli og P. Price: Indias historie, med Pakistan og Bangladesh, 2004. Cappelen akademisk forlag. Kapitlene 7-10.
P? engelsk
Sugata Bose & Ayesha Jalal: Modern South Asia: History, culture, political economy, Routledge 1998. Kapitlene 10-20.
Pensum
Religi?s reform
Jones, Kenneth W.: Socio-religious reform movements in British India, 1989. Cambridge U. Press.
Brekke, Torkel. The conceptual foundation of missionary Hinduism: Journal of religious history, 23, 2 1999. 12 s.
Tartakov, Gary. B.R. Ambedkar and the Narayana Diksha: Religious conversion in India: Modes, motivations and meanings, R. Robinson & S. Clarke, red.. Oxford U.P. 2003 (s. 192-215).
Kaste og historie
Dirks, Nicholas B. The Original Caste: Power, history and hierarchy in South Asia: McKim Marriott, red. India through Hindu categories., Contributions to Indian sociology, Occasional studies no 5. Sage, New Delhi 1990 (s. 59-77).
Gandhi og nasjonalbevegelsen
Rudolph, Lloyd I., & Susanne Hoeber Rudolph: The modernity of tradition: Political development in India, 1967. U. of Chicago Press. Part Two: The traditional roots of charisma: Gandhi (s.155-249).
Parekh, Bhikhu: Gandhi's political philosophy: A critical examination, 1989. Notre Dame. Kap. 8 Critical appreciation (s. 195-225).
Hindunasjonalisme
van der Veer, Peter: Religious nationalism: Hindus and muslims in India, 1994. U. of California Press. 203 s.
Rajagopal, Arvind: Politics after television: Hindu nationalism and the reshaping of the public in India, Kap. 5. Organization, performance, and symbol (s. 212-236).
Davis, Richard H. The iconography of Rama's chariot: Making India Hindu: Religion, community, and the politics of democracy in India, David Ludden, red.. Oxford U.P. Delhi 1996 (s. 27-54).
Thapar, Romila. A historical perspective on the story of Rama: Anatomy of a confrontation: The Babri Masjid--Ramjanmabhumi issue, Viking 1991 (s. 141-163).
Hansen, Thomas Blom: The saffron wave: Democracy and Hindu nationalism in modern India, 1999. Princeton. Kap. 5 The saffron wave (s. 154-199).
Politisert buddhisme
Tambiah, Stanley: Buddhism betrayed: religion, politics, and violence in Sri Lanka, University of Chicago Press, 1992.
Islamisme
Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr. Mawdudi and the Jama'at-i Islami: The origins, theory and practice of Islamic revivalism: Rahnema, Ali, red. Pioneers of Islamic revival, Zed books 1994. s. 98-124.
Gilmartin, David. A magnificent gift: Muslim nationalism and the election process in colonial Punjab: Comparative studies in society and history, 1998, 3 (s. 415-436).
Zaman, Muhammed Qasim. Sectarianism in Pakistan: The radicalization of Shi'i and Sunni identitites: Modern Asian Studies, 32, 3 1998. 26 s.
I alt 996 sider.