HISTORY 229 - Confucianism:Humanity,Rites,and Rights

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

Human Rights, Philosophy, Religion Confucianism is one of the most venerable, diverse, and dynamic intellectual and cultural traditions in human history. This course explores the transformations of Confucian philosophy, social ethics, and political thought, from its ancient origins through the present, focusing on five key moments of change. Close readings in seminal texts provide a foundation in the earliest Confucian ideas of benevolence, rites, and righteousness. The course then successively considers the ideas of neo-Confucian thinkers, Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming; the globalization of Confucian thought during the 16th through the 19th centuries; how Confucian thought shaped Western ideas of rights as they entered East Asian politics and how Confucian concepts of humanity, relational ethics, and social responsibility may offer alternatives to Euro-American rights discourse; and the contemporary Confucian revival as manifested in popular culture, tourism, neoliberal economic discourse, and East Asian state authoritarianism.

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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