Introduction to Chinese Philosophy 22-FUFA-ICP
Week 1: Stylistic and theoretical distinctiveness of Chinese philosophy. Origins of Chinese thought
Week 2: Confucius and his disciples
Week 3: Classical Confucianism: Mencius and Xunzi
Week 4: Classical Daoism: Laozi and Zhuangzi
Week 5: Mozi and the Mohists
Week 6: School of Names. Book of Changes and the Yin-Yang School. School of Agriculture
Week 7: Legalism: Shang Yang and Han Fei. Art of War. Philosophical foundations of Chinese empire
Week 8: Correlative thought under the Han. Evolution of Daoism and the birth of Chinese medicine
Week 9: Independent thinkers of the Han dynasty: Jia Yi, Yang Xiong, Wang Chong. Chinese science
Week 10: Neo-Daoism. Millenarianism of the Sect of Supreme Peace
Week 11: Buddhism in China: tensions and problems. First schools of Chinese Buddhism
Week 12: Tiantai and Huayan schools of Chinese Buddhism
Week 13: Chan Buddhism
Week 14: The birth of Neo-Confucianism: Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan
Week 15: Summary and the closing discussion
Cele kształcenia
Poziom przedmiotu
Wymagania wstępne w zakresie wiedzy, umiejętności oraz kompetencji
Efekty kształcenia
After the module, a student:
• is familiarized with the thought of the greatest Chinese philosophers
• possesses the ability to understand and interpret the source texts of Chinese thought
• is able to analyse and compare the core concepts of classical Chinese philosophy
• knows the influence of Chinese philosophy upon China’s society and culture
• has improved her/his intercultural communication skills in the Chinese context
Literatura
1. Dawid Rogacz, Chinese Philosophy of History. From Ancient Confucianism to the End of the Eighteenth Century, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2020.
2. Chan Wing-tsit, A Sourcebook in Chinese Philosophy, Princeton University Press, Princeton 1969.
3. JeeLoo Liu. An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy: From Ancient Philosophy to Chinese Buddhism, Blackwell Publishing, Maiden 2006.
4. Bryan W. Van Norden, Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy, Hackett Publishing, Indianapolis 2011.
5. Karyn Lai, An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008.
6. Fang Litian, Zhongguo gudai zhexue (2 vols.), Renmin Daxue Chubanshe, Beijing 2006.
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