Course: History of Japanese thought - seminar

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Course title History of Japanese thought - seminar
Course code DAS/DJMS
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Nymburská Dita, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Grant David, Mgr.
Course content
Okakura Kakuzó Kuki Shúzó Suzuki Daisetsu Teitaró Nishida Kitaró Nishitani Keiji Tanabe Hajime Watsuji Tetsuró

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
This course introduces to students representatives of the most famous modern Japanese thinkers and their selected texts.

Prerequisites
elemntary knowledge of Japanese history and ideologies

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
presentation and active participation in class
Recommended literature
  • Kuki, Shuzo. (2004). The Structure of Detachment. Honolulu.
  • Nishida, Kitaro. (1990). An Inquiry into the Good. London.
  • Nishida, Kitaro. (1987). Last Writings. Nothingness and the Religious Worldview. Honolulu.
  • Nishitani, Keiji. (2006). On Buddhism. New York.
  • Nishitani, Keiji. The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism. New York.
  • Okakura, Kakuzo. (2000). The Ideals of the East with Special Reference to the Art of Japan. New York.
  • Suzuki, Daisetsu Teitaro. (2007). Mysticism, Christian and Buddhist.
  • Suzuki, Daisetsu Teitaro. (1988). Zen and Japanese Culture. Boston.
  • Tanabe Hajime. (1986). Philosophy as Metanoetics. Berkeley.
  • Watsuji, Tetsuro. (1996). Watsuji Tetsuro?s Rinrigaku. Ethics in Japan. New York.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Asian Studies (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Japanese Language and Culture (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer