Module 9: Postmodernization and emancipation
  Lecture 26: Emancipation: Modern and Postmodern
 

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISE

  • What is the difference between traditional, modern and postmodern view of emancipation?

  • What is the meaning of liberation in Vedantic, Buddhist and Jain philosophies? How does it differ from the meaning of emancipation as political equality?

  • What are sexual minorities? What are the major problems of sexual minorities in contemporary India?

  • Do you think that communal, caste and regional issues, facing Indian society, are the product of lack of economic development and poor governance?

  • What is emancipation from feminist perspective?

  • How can academicians help in emancipation of the vulnerable groups of society? What definition of vulnerability are they likely to adopt?

  • Are political rights enough?

  • Do you think that communal problem of India can be solved by having a judicial solution to the problem of Ram Janma Bhumi-Babri Mosque dispute?

  • Write an essay on the problems of displaced people.

  • What has extreme fragmentation of society done to emancipation in the 21st century?