The Confucian World

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from HIST at the 2000 level; 3 credits from HIST 2731, 2741 recommended; or permission of the Department This course examines the various schools of Confucianism that have dominated the philosophy, social relations, and political economy of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam for thousands of years. It focuses on some of the core texts of the Confucian canon and their reinterpretation during the twelfth-century emergence of Neo-Confucianism. It also pays particular attention to the Confucian legacy in the modern, industrialized states of East Asia. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)