Topic Studies II - 1 — Osaka Jogakuin Web Syllabus

科目名	Topic Studies II - 1 Pursuit of Peace in the Present World
担当教員	藤田　明史
授業の目的、または到達目標	The aim of this class is to examine what peace is in the midst of violence in the present world and seek non-violent ways to realize peaceful society as an achievable goal.
授業の概要	This course will explore what peace in the midst of violence of many kinds in the present world. By examining such questions as what peace is and what peace studies are and inquiring into the ways of peaceful transformation of concrete conflicts at various levels of society， students will be able to grasp a clear and precise concept of peace. For this purpose and strengthening the students’ ability to read， this course will focus mainly on Gandhi and his Autobiography.


科目群/ベンチマーク	Int.
授業の形態	Lectures， group discussions， presentations， exams and research paper.
時間割		概要	宿題(予習・復習等)
	1	General instruction， Gandhi’s life (given by the instructor)	Answer the questions
	2	Introduction
	3	Childhood
	4	Child Marriage	Learn by heart(1)
	5	A Tragedy， A Tragedy(continued)
	6	Steeling and Atonement
	7	Outcast	Translation
	8	In London at Last
	9	My Choice
	10	Shyness my Shield	Learn by heart(2)
	11	The Canker of Untruth
	12	The Great Exhibition
	13	In-class final exam/ Research paper is due
準備学習	Students are required to read the assigned part of the textbook.
教科書	M.K.Gandhi， An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth， translated from the original Gujarati by Mahadev Desai， Penguin Books， London， 2001.
参考文献	Johan Galtung and Akifumi Fujita edited， Introduction to Galtung’s Theory of Peace: Grasping Peace for the 21st Century (in Japanese)， Horitu-bunka Sha，Kyoto， 2003.
成績評価方法・基準	Class work (attendance， class participation) 30% Research Paper Work 40% (Outline/Introduction 5%， First draft 10%， Final draft 25%) In-class final exam 30%

時間割

担当教員	開講学期	開講曜日	開講時限	履修クラス	単位数
藤田　明史	春学期	火曜日	３時限	Int-1	2
藤田　明史	春学期	火曜日	４時限	Int-1	2