2010-11 academic year

Philosophy and Religions in Asia (20125)

Degree/study:Degree in Humanities 
Year: 3rd
Term: 3rd
Number of ECTS credits: 5 credits
Hours of studi dedication:
Teaching language or languages: Spanish
Teaching Staff: Raquel Bouso Garcia      

1. Presentation of the subject

Religious philosophy at the Kyoto School: Eastern sources.
Study and interpretation of the outstanding periods, schools, movements, works and authors in the history of thought and religion in Asia.

2. Competences to be attained

General competences

Specific competences

1. Knowing and locating the Kyoto School's contributions to the history of philosophy in general and the cultural Japanese tradition in particular.

2. Having a good understanding of the main ideas developed by philosophical and spiritual Asian traditions and the reception they had in the Kyoto School.

3. Having a better understanding of the formation and dynamics of the basic concepts of the studied traditions and philosophies.

4. Becoming familiar with the suggested texts, learning how to carefully interpret them, studying the principal questions in depth and the problems and necessities they obey.

1. Knowing and locating the great religious traditions. Achieving a good understanding of the main ideas and religious beliefs developed by these traditions.

2. Having a better understanding of the formation and dynamics of the religious basic concepts.

3. Becoming familiar with the suggested texts, learning how to carefully interpret them, studying the principal questions in depth and the problems and necessities they obey.

 

3. Contents

Unit 1. Asian philosophy or thought?

Unit 2. The irruption of philosophy in Japan.

Unit 3. The Kyoto School, history and importance.

Unit 4. Eastern sources: Shintoism, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.

Unit 5. Nishida Kitarō: pure experience, self-awareness and basho

Unit 6. Nishitani Keiji: from nihilism to śūnyatā

Unit 7. Ueda Shizuteru: zen, mysticism and philosophy 

  

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4. Assessment

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5. Bibliography and teaching resources

5.1. Basic bibliography

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5.2. Complementary bibliography

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5.3. Teaching resources

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6. Metodology

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7. Planning of activities

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