Confucianism and Taoism, philosophies to rediscover

  • Category: Arts, cultures and societies
  • Semester: Semester 2 (S2)
  • ECTS credits
    2 ECTS – 20 hours
  • Number of places
    North Campus: 20 places & South Campus: 20 places
  • Teaching locations

    (S2) North Campus – Moufia

    (S2) South Campus – Buffer

General rules

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  • You must be covered by civil liability which may be requested at any time by the speakers or the administration.
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Target audience

  • Exclusively for students registered in General License

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Priority licensing levels

  • Open to everyone

Recommended sectors

Recommended for students of Applied Foreign Languages

Prerequisites

No

UEO open to students in international exchange programs

For students in an exchange program, registration is made directly with the International Relations Department (without going through the registration platform dedicated to the UEO).

Description of the WEU

The objective of this UE is to address the major currents of ancient Chinese philosophy. This UE will provide students with a presentation of Confucianism and Taoism, emphasizing the principles defended by each of the schools and showing the vigor of the debates that followed their development.

The course will focus on the principles of practical morality (the human, obedience to ritual, the just, the true, personal improvement, art) and will expose the deeply paradoxical conceptions of "emptiness", "non-action", "transformation", etc., which have become the key notions of Chinese philosophy. The plurality of interpretations will be emphasized, as well as the difficulty of sticking to a dogmatic reading of the great texts. The general idea will be defended that if these notions are problematic, this is precisely their richness. Thus we still have much to learn from these philosophies today.

WHAT DO I LEARN? Targeted RNCP skill blocks

  • Identification of a question within a disciplinary field
  • Analysis of a question by mobilizing disciplinary concepts

Other specific skills

Acquisition of cultural knowledge and cultivation of intercultural skills

Teaching methods

Synchronous remote

Assessment methods

Terminal control

Forecast timetable

Planning Confucianism and Taoism S2

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