HISTORY OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIONS 2
- Academic year
- 2024/2025 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA E DELLE RELIGIONI DELLA CINA 2
- Course code
- LT0480 (AF:462929 AR:251950)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Subdivision
- Surnames M-Z
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- L-OR/20
- Period
- 2nd Semester
- Course year
- 2
- Where
- VENEZIA
- Moodle
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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
This course is part of the supplementary curriculum for the three-year degree program in Languages, Cultures, and Societies of Asia and Mediterranean Africa. It aims to help students achieve the training objectives related to humanistic cultural skills.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of this course unit students should normally:
1. Acquire a comprehensive understanding of the key topics related to the cultural history of Chinese religion in medieval and late imperial China;
2. Understand the continuities and transformations within the religions and belief systems studied, including their internal dynamics;
3. Source and critically evaluate a variety of materials, including books, journals, primary sources, and web-based resources relevant to the course topics.
1. Acquire a comprehensive understanding of the key topics related to the cultural history of Chinese religion in medieval and late imperial China;
2. Understand the continuities and transformations within the religions and belief systems studied, including their internal dynamics;
3. Source and critically evaluate a variety of materials, including books, journals, primary sources, and web-based resources relevant to the course topics.
Pre-requirements
Students are required to have passed the exam History of Philosophy and Religions of China 1 [LT0470].
The course requires an excellent knowledge of the history of China in the imperial period.
The course requires an excellent knowledge of the history of China in the imperial period.
Contents
This course provides an in-depth examination of the history of thought and religions in China, from the medieval period to the present day. It focuses on the relationship between religion and power and explores the role of religion in society. The course will also analyze the revival of religions in contemporary China, featuring case studies investigating the belief systems of various Chinese ethnic minorities and diaspora communities.
Referral texts
Cheng, Anne., Storia del pensiero cinese: Dall'introduzione del buddhismo alla formazione del pensiero moderno, vol. II (cap. XVII-XXII)], Torino, Einaudi, 1997
Yang, Fenggang, La religione nella Cina comunista : dalla sopravvivenza al risveglio, 2020 Franco Angeli
Mayfair Yang, ed. Chinese Religiosities Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation (available as free e-book at: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3jn4j8cf )
Further supplementary study material will be made available on the course's Moodle platform.
Yang, Fenggang, La religione nella Cina comunista : dalla sopravvivenza al risveglio, 2020 Franco Angeli
Mayfair Yang, ed. Chinese Religiosities Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation (available as free e-book at: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3jn4j8cf )
Further supplementary study material will be made available on the course's Moodle platform.
Assessment methods
Student learning will be assessed through a written test consisting of multiple-choice and open-ended questions.
Type of exam
written
Teaching methods
Lectures and in-class discussions, PowerPoint and video.
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Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 09/01/2025