Topics in Chinese Intellectual and Cultural History

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This course explores a variety of topics in Chinese intellectual history. It examines specific cultural, literary, and intellectual trends in China, paying specific attention to how they were shaped by a variety of social, political, economic, and religious factors. Possible topics may include correlative cosmology in Han Confucianism, individualism in medieval China, Tang-Song intellectual transitions, Buddhist-Confucian interactions in the Middle Period of China, Neo-Confucianism and its social impacts in Lat-Imperial China, the rise of Evidential Studies in Qing China, and the May Fourth Movement. This course may be repeated for credit when the topic varies. Additional work is required at the 4000 level. Cross-listed: EALC-4732(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and REL-3732. Requisite Courses: 6 credit hours in East Asian Cultures courses (or equivalent), or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].