This course aims to discuss the history and anthropology of the relationship and contradiction between magic, science and religion, and the various ways through which these categories established independent identities in different times. It will discuss in detail the emergence of science as a new worldview and how the emergence of science posed challenges to religion and magic.
Course Instructor: Dr. Renny Thomas

This course is an introduction to the thriving interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), or Science, Technology, and Society Studies. It aims to familiarize with students the key debates, questions, thinkers, and texts in STS. A training in STS will make students aware of the historical and sociological context of scientific knowledge production. In order to understand how science works, it is imperative to know the socio-historical context of scientific knowledge production.
Course Instructor: Dr. Renny Thomas