Historical introduction to the main non-European civilisations (India-China module)
- UE code FINT0024
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Schedule
45Quarter 1 + Quarter 2
- ECTS Credits 5
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Language
French
- Teacher
Be familiar with the permanent features and major transformations of the main living civilisations (outside the West) and the societies that support them; be able to explain these transformations and establish relationships between the various facets of these cultures (language, arts, religion, ideology, politics), going beyond conventional images.
At the end of the course, students will be able to :
- identify the main characteristics (permanent features) and the major transformations (main milestones in historical development) of two non-Western civilisations and the societies that support them;
- explain these transformations
- establish relationships between the various facets of these cultures mentioned in the course: language, arts, religion, ideology, politics, etc.
This course aims to provide the keys to a better understanding of the world in which we live: this year it will focus on INDIA (Eve Tignol), followed by CHINA (Etienne Renard). Each module is designed as an introduction to the various facets of a civilisation and their interactions in a historical perspective: the permanent features and the major transformations of society, the economy and the political system, language, the arts, religion and frames of thought, and even the development of science and technology over the past centuries. The emphasis will be on the originality and relevance of this heritage. The part devoted to China will be given in the 1st term, that devoted to India in the 2nd term, at the rate of 10 sessions of 1h45 each (17h30 per module).
Provisional map
INDIA
1. General introduction
2. Ancient India: from the Indus civilisations to Brahmanism
3. Birth of heterodox "sects": Buddhism and Jainism
4. Classical" India: the age of great empires
5. Muslim India
6. The European presence and the beginnings of colonisation
7. British India
8. The independence movement and the Partition of 1947
9. The Indian Union: politics, culture and contemporary issues (1/2)
10. The Indian Union: politics, culture and contemporary issues (2/2)
CHINA
Introduction
I. Chinese identity: A. An ethnic identity? B. Language and writing
II. Milestones in Chinese history: A. From mythical rulers to Qin Shi Huangdi; B. Two thousand years of empire; C. Modern and contemporary China
III. Ritualism, Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism
IV. Traditional frames of thought
V. Aesthetics: A. Calligraphy; B. Painting
Written examination
INDIA
Filliozat (Jean) and Renou (Louis), L'Inde classique: manuel des études indiennes, t. 1, Paris: Maisonneuve, 1985.
Jaffrelot (Christophe), ed, L'Inde contemporaine - De 1950 à nos jours, Paris: Fayard, republished 2006.
Landy (Frédéric), L'Union Indienne, Paris: Ed. du Temps, 2002.
Meyer (Eric), Une histoire de l'Inde : les Indiens face à leur passé, Paris: Albin Michel, 2007.
CHINA
Gernet (Jacques), Le monde chinois, 4th revised ed., Paris: A. Collin, 1999.
Gernet (Jacques), L'intelligence de la Chine: le social et le mental, Paris: Gallimard, 1994.
Leys (Simon), Essais sur la Chine, Paris: Laffont, 1999 (coll. Bouquins).
Pimpaneau (Jacques), Chine: culture et traditions, Arles: Picquier, 1988.
Training | Study programme | Block | Credits | Mandatory |
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Bachelier en philosophie | Standard | 0 | 3 | |
Bachelier en histoire | Standard | 0 | 4 | |
Bachelier en sciences informatiques | Standard | 0 | 4 | |
Bachelier en droit | Standard | 0 | 4 | |
Bachelier en sciences politiques, orientation générale | Standard | 0 | 5 | |
Liste des unités d'enseignement transversales | Standard | 0 | 4 | |
Liste des unités d'enseignement transversales | Standard | 1 | 4 | |
Bachelier en philosophie | Standard | 1 | 3 | |
Bachelier en sciences informatiques | Standard | 2 | 4 | |
Bachelier en droit | Standard | 2 | 4 | |
Bachelier en sciences politiques, orientation générale | Standard | 2 | 5 | |
Bachelier en histoire | Standard | 2 | 4 | |
Bachelier en droit | Standard | 3 | 4 | |
Bachelier en sciences politiques, orientation générale | Standard | 3 | 5 | |
Bachelier en histoire | Standard | 3 | 4 |