Thought and Religions of Asia (20125)
Degree/study: Degree in Humanities
Year: 3rd
Term: 3rd
Number of ECTS credits: 5
Hours of student dedication: 125
Teaching language or languages: Spanish
Teaching Staff: Raquel Bouso Garcia
1. Presentation of the subject
From the philosophical form of dialogue to Zen kōan: comparative studies, Orientalism and cross-cultural philosophy.
This course proposes an approach to East Asian intellectual and spiritual traditions, in particular to Buddhism and Japanese Thought, from the notions of "dialogue" and "otherness". We will first examine various examples of dialogue as a philosophical way of expression, and we will analyze what kind of understanding about the "I-thou" relationship underlies behind them. Then we will reflect broadly on the phenomenon of Orientalism, comparative philosophy, and the so-called pensée métisse as well as about the possibilities of a philosophy to be capable of thinking the other in its own cultural reality.
2. Competences to be attained
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General competences |
Specific competences |
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1. Knowing and situating the great religious traditions. Achieving a good understanding of the main ideas and religious beliefs developed by these traditions. 2. Achieving a better understanding of the formation and the dynamism of the basic concepts of religions. 3. Getting familiar with the proposed texts, being able to interpret them carefully and to study the most important issues they refer to, as well as the struggles and needs they answer to, thoroughly.
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1. Knowing and situating Buddhism according to East Asian religions and thought. 2. Knowing and situating Zen Buddhism within its Buddhist context. 3. Knowing and situating the contributions of the Kyoto School in the history of Philosophy in general and in the Japanese cultural tradition in particular. 4. Achieving a good understanding of the main ideas developed by the Asian Thought and Spirit traditions and of its reception by the thinkers of the Kyoto School. 5. Understanding cultural diversity and learning to think through orientations different from our own. |
3. Contents
Unit 1. From the platonic form of dialogue to Zen Buddhist mondō.
Unit 2. Non-duality between I-thou.
Unit 3. Orientalism, comparatism and le pensée métisse.
Unit 4. Towards a cross-cultural philosophy?
*The full version with the sections 4. Assessment, 5. Bibliography and teaching resources, 6. Methodology, and 7. Planning of activities is available in the original version.