INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS WITH CHINA
RAPPORTI INTERCULTURALI DELLA CINA
Chinese identity and the 'Others'
Identità e alterità nella storia della Cina
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2015/2016 | 8 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Mauro Crocenzi |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The lessons examine the Chinese political, ethnic and national identity in relation to the political and cultural evolution of China. Through the analysis of the formation of a modern Chinese national identity, the lessons are designed to extrapolate the influence of Chinese traditional culture over the perception of the 'Other' in communist China.
Program
The development and features of Chinese history of cultural and political thought:
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History of traditional political culture during the imperial period
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History of Chinese nationalism
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History of ethnic relations inside the Chinese borders
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History of Chinese pattern of relationship with the outside world
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Understanding of the relevance of Chinese cultural tradition in relation to the self-consciousness of Chinese people and to the perception of the 'Other' in contemporary China. Understanding of the ethnic pluralism of Chinese nation and of the position of China in the contemporary world order.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Course books
Un libro a scelta tra:
Cammelli, S., Ombre cinesi, indagine su una civiltà che volle farsi nazione, Torino, Einaudi, 2006;
Albanese, A., Tutto sotto il cielo, Roma, Aracne, 2013.
Un libro a scelta tra:
Zarrow, P., After Empire: The Conceptual Transformation of the Chinese State, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2012;
Leibold, J., Reconfiguring Chinese Nationalism: How the Qing Frontierand its Indigenes Became Chinese, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Un libro a scelta tra:
Crossley, P., Siu H., Sutton, D., Empire at the Margins, Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 2006.
Mullaney, T., Coming to Terms with the Nation: Ethnic Classification in Modern China, Berkeley and Los Angeles, Univeristy of California Press, 2010;
Gladney, Dru C., Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities and Other Subaltern Subjects, London, Hurst&Company, 2004 .
Un libro a scelta tra:
Bertuccioli, G., Masini, F., Italia e Cina, Roma, L'asino d'oro, 2014;
Samarani, G., De Giorgi L., Lontane, vicine - le relazioni tra Cina e Italia nel Novecento, Roma, Carocci, 2011.
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