Modern and Contemporary East Asian Thought
Code: 101536Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| East Asian Studies | OB | 3 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Artur Lozano Mendez
- Email :
- artur.lozano@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Gustavo Pita Céspedes
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
Module 2 will be taught in English by Professor Artur Lozano, whilst Module 1 will be taught in Spanish by Professor Gustavo Pita. It is advisable to have a sufficient level of understanding of spoken English and Spanish. To take this module, it is also advisable to have passed all the credits for the first and second years of the degree programme and, in particular, to have completed module 101537 ‘Classical Thought of East Asia’. Finally, students must have an adequate level of English reading comprehension to effectively follow the compulsory and supplementary readings.
Objectives
The objective of this subject is to present various aspects crucial to understanding modernity and philosophical contemporaneity in East Asia. It involves studying and questioning, in a progressive and correlative way throughout the semester, the main discourse frameworks that constitute modern and contemporary philosophical movements of East Asian countries. To that end, the subject aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge about the specific context (historical, political, cultural) of authors, texts and schools of thought. It seeks to enable students to identify the authors, texts and schools of thought of East Asia and to situate them in their individual and global context. Therefore, we will work on the dialogue between philosophical texts, specific positions of schools of thought and thinkers, problems within a particular context, specific central themes, philosophical questions, etc.
Learning outcomes
- Knowing, understanding, describing, analysing, and assessing the history, thought and literature of East Asia.
- Knowing, comprehending, describing and analysing the values, beliefs and ideologies of East Asia.
- Knowing the great literary, philosophical, and artistic movements of East Asia.
- Knowing and comprehending the classical, modern and late modern thinking of East Asia.
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Developing self-learning strategies.
- Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Producing innovative and competitive proposals in research and professional activity.
- Having interpersonal skills.
- Students must be flexible and capable of adapting to new circumstances.
- Respecting the gender equality.
- Working in teams in an international, multilingual and multicultural context.
- Working in interdisciplinary and intercultural groups.
- Solving problems of intercultural communication.
- Solving conflict situations.
- Ensuring the quality of one's own work.
- Following the characteristic code of ethics of the professional practice.
Contents
Module - Modern and contemporary Chinese thought
- Philosophical premises for the understanding of modern Chinese thought.
- Reformist thought (1860-1911).
- Revolutionary thought (1911-1949).
- Mao's thought and his criticism. Aspects of contemporary Chinese thought (1949 - present).
Module - Modern and contemporary Japanese thought
- Japanese thought from the Edo period to the Meiji period (1603-1868).
- Japanese thought from the Meiji period to the Pacific War (1868-1945).
- Japanese thought from the postwar period to the present.
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading assignments and preparation of academic work | 52.5 | 2.1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 16, 17 |
| Individual work, guided reading assignments and tutorials | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 |
| Lectures | 49.5 | 1.98 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 |
This subject combines lectures with individual work and active student participation. The subject’s essential content will be covered in lectures and complemented by reading assignments. Students will be encouraged to use the Moodle classroom as a shared space for exchanging course-related information (debates, materials, supplementary resources, etc.).
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay - philosophical paper | 40% | 39 | 1.56 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 |
| Final written exam Module Japan | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17 |
| Final written exam Module China | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17 |
Assessment is continuous. Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing tasks and tests. Task deadlines will be indicated in the course schedule on the first day of class. All activity deadlines are indicated in the subject's schedule and must be strictly adhered to.
Students will have to carry out the following assessment activities:
- Activity 1: Final written exam Module China (30% of the subject's final mark)
- Activity 2: Final written exam Module Japan (30% of the subject’s final mark)
- Activity 3: Essay - philosophical paper (40% of the subject’s final mark)
Related matters
The above information on assessment, assessment activities and their weighting is merely a guide. The subject's lecturer will provide full information when teaching begins.
Review
When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.
The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities.
Classification as "not assessable"
In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.
Misconduct in assessment activities
Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the students involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject.
Students may not retake assessment activities in which they are found to have engaged in misconduct. Plagiarism is considered to mean presenting all or part of an author's work, whether published in print or in digital format, as one's own, i.e. without citing it. Copying is considered to mean reproducing all or a substantial part of another student's work. In cases of copying in which it is impossible to determine which of two students has copied the work of the other, both will be penalised.
In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies may or may not be permitted depending on the activity. The permitted and prohibited uses in each case will be detailed in the course introduction. Students must clearly identify which parts were generated using AI technologies, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools influenced the process and the final result of the activity. A lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in graded assignments will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or total penalty on the assignment grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.
Single Assessment
This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.
Students must make an online request within the period established by the faculty and send a copy to the teacher responsible for the subject, for the record.
Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day during week 16 or 17 of the semester. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website.
On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).
Single assessment activities
The final grade for the subject will be calculated according to the following percentages:
- Activity 1: Final written exam on the contents of the China module (30% of the subject's final mark)
- Activity 2: Final written exam on the contents of the Japan module (30% of the subject’s final mark)
- Activity 3: Delivery of a written essay (40% of the subject’s final mark)
Grade revision and resit procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this study guide.
More information: http://www.uab.cat/web/study-abroad/undergraduate/academic-information/evaluation/what-is-it-about-1345670077352.html
Bibliography
Basic bibliography: Modern and contemporary Japanese thought
González Valles, Jesús, Historia de la filosofía japonesa; Madrid: Tecnos, 2002.
Heisig, James W., Kasulis, Thomas P., Maraldo, John C., Bouso García, Raquel (Eds.), La filosofía japonesa en sus textos; Barcelona: Herder Editorial, 2016.
Kasulis, Thomas P., Bouso García, Raquel (Eds.), La filosofía japonesa en su historia; Barcelona: Herder, 2019.
Taguchi, Shigeru, Altobrando, Andrea (Eds.), Tetsugaku Companion to Phenomenology and Japanese Philosophy; Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019.
Basic bibliography: Modern and contemporary Chinese thought
Cheng, Anne, Historia del pensamiento chino. Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra, 2006.
Cheng, Chung-Ying; Bunnin, Nicholas (Eds.), Contemporary Chinese Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Ge Zhaoguang, An Intellectual History of China: Knowledge, Thought, and Belief from the Seventh through the Nineteenth Century, volume II. Leiden: Brill.
Ma Licheng, Leading Schools of Thought in Contemporary China. Singapore: World Scientific.
Zhao Tingyang, Tianxia: Una filosofía para la gobernanza global. Trad. Manuel Pavón-Belizón. Barcelona: Herder, 2021.
Software
The course does not require any particular software. Students will only need the kind of apps necessary to conduct common academic tasks.
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |