HISTORY OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIONS 1

Academic year
2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA E DELLE RELIGIONI DELLA CINA 1
Course code
LT0470 (AF:336135 AR:176740)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Subdivision
Surnames A-L
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
L-OR/20
Period
1st Semester
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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This is one of the mandatory courses within the China/Korea curricula of the Corso di Laurea in "Lingue, Culture e Società dell'Asia e dell'Africa Mediterranea"
Basic knowledge of the foundations of thought and religions in pre-buddhist China.
The course does not require any prerequisite
Chinese schools of thought from the origins to the Han period: theoretical foundations and applications.

Cheng, A., Il pensiero cinese, Torino, Einaudi, 1997, vol. 1.

Further insights on authors, works and schools of thought may be found in the following texts:

A.C. Graham, Disputers of the Tao. Philosophical Argument in Ancient China, La Salle, Open Court, 1989; trad. it. di R. Fracasso, La ricerca del Tao. Il dibattito filosofico nella Cina Classica, Vicenza, Neri Pozza, 1999.

Fung Yu-lan (tr. D. Bodde), A History of Chinese Philosophy, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1952.


Other sources will be suggested during the lectures.
The written test will consist of about 20 questions concerning schools of thought, authors, works and dates of pre-buddhist chinese philosophy.
The course will take place on Moodle, through the regular publication of materials relating to the 15 lessons scheduled in the semester.
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Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 26/08/2020