HISTORY OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIONS 1

The course is one of the core courses of the study curriculum Cina/Corea of the Bachelor of Arts in "Lingue, Culture e Società dell'Asia e dell'Africa Mediterranea"

Basic knowledge of the fundamentals of the thought and religions of pre-Buddhist China (until the 3rd century AD).

The course has no prerequisites.

Chinese schools of thought from the origins to the 3rd century CE: doctrinal foundations and applications.

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

Per approfondimenti su correnti, opere e autori si consigliano anche i seguenti testi:

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.

Tao Jiang, Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China: Contestation of Humaneness, Justice, and Personal Freedom, Oxford University Press, 2021.

Paul Goldin, The Art of Chinese Philosophy: Eight Classical Texts and How to Read Them, Princeton University Press, 2020.

Further reading suggestions will be giving during lectures.

The written test will include about 20 questions regarding schools of thought, authors, works and dates in the history of pre-Buddhist Chinese phiosophy.

The course will be conducted in-person and includes the posting on Moodle of supplementary materials related to the 15 face-to-face lectures scheduled during the semester.

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