Universität Wien

150196 SE Modern Confucianism and current Chinese theories of modernisation (2012W)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 01.10. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 08.10. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 15.10. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 22.10. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 29.10. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 05.11. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 12.11. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 19.11. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 26.11. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 03.12. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 10.12. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 17.12. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 07.01. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 14.01. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 21.01. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 28.01. 09:40 - 11:10 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

- Historical background
- The establishment of a new philosophical current: between ethics and ideology
- Traditional foundations
- The renewal
- Attempts of a synthesis between tradition and modernity
- Basic concepts
- The Modern Confucian manifesto
- The problem of cultural conditionality of modernization
- The critique of “classical Western modernization theories
- The relation between modernization and culture – problems of the inherent connection between modernization and individualism
- Syntheses between Chinese and Euro-American thought
- Political tendencies
- Social theories
- New ideologies: the problem of the “harmonious society”
- Social stability vs. “democratization”
- Attitudes towards globalization – axiological renewal
- Individual representatives

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentation (reading and translating Chinese texts) (40%), seminar work (essay) in German, English or Chinese (60%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

the understanding of the Modern Confucianism in the context of pre-modern and contemporary society, the comprehension of specific features of Chinese modernization, the ability of critical interpretation of concrete philosophical contributions of the Modern Confucians, the influence of their work upon ideas and ideologies in contemporary China

Examination topics

Lecture with PP presentation, group discussions, joint reading of Chinese texts, written by Modern Confucianists

Reading list

Billioud, Sebastien, 2012: Thinking Through Confucian Modernity: A Study of Mou Zongsan's Moral Metaphysics. Leiden & Boston: Brill
Contemporary Chinese Philosophy, 2002 (Ed. Cheng Chung-Ying und Bunnin, Nicholas). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.

Chen Lai 陈来, 2001: 20 世纪儒学的学术研究及其意义. In: 文史 哲 (Journal of Literature ,History and Philosophy) 1/322. 19-29

Dirlik, Arif, 1995: Confucius in the Borderlands: Global Capitalism and the Reinvention of Confucianism. Boundary. 22/3. 229 – 275

Dirlik, Arif, 2002: Modernity as History: Post-Revolutionary China, Globalization and the Question of Modernity. Social History. 27/1. 16 - 39

Jing Haifeng 景海峰, 2006: 全球化背景下的儒家伦理反思. In: 中国社会科学 2006/5. 14-21

Lee Ming-Huei (Li Minghui 李明輝), 2001: Der Konfuzianismus im modernen China. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag

Roetz, Heiner, 2008: Confucianism between Tradition and Modernity, Religion, and Secularization: Questions to TU Weiming. In: Dao 2008/7. 367–380

Ro¨ker, Jana S., 2008: Searching for the Way. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press

Wheeler, Norton, 2005: Modernization Discourse with Chinese Characteristics. In: East Asia, 22/3. 3–24

Tu Weiming, 2000: Implications of the rise of "Confucian" East Asia. In: Daedalus, 129/1. 195-219

.Xu Ming 许明 und Hu Jun 胡俊, 2009: 走出现代性困境的文化重建. In: 学术月刊 (Academic Monthly) 41/12. 19-26

Yao Xinzhong, 2001: Who is a Confucian Today? A Critical Reflection on the Issues Concerning Confucian Identity in Modern Times. In: Journal of Contemporary Religion, 16/3. 313-331

Zhang Wenbiao 张文彪, 2010: 面对现代社会转型的台湾新儒家哲学. In: 福建论坛・人文社会科学版, 2010/10. 64-73

Association in the course directory

GG 421/ 422

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