KOR1502: Korea: Philosophy and Religion, Spring 2010

Dato

Undervises av

Sted

Tema/Obligatorisk lesning

Kommentarer / ressurser

18.01.2010

Vladimir Tikhonov 

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus

Introduction 

(separate notes). 

25.01.2010

Vladimir Tikhonov 

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

Nature Cults in Korea:

Korea Old and New 

Religions of Korea in Practice

pp. 21-23;

pp. 233-259

Laurel Kendall, The life and hard times of a Korean Shaman : of tales and the telling of tales Univ. of Hawaii Press, 1988 (non-obligatory), Sourcebook, pp. 24-35, 50-62, 203-211, 428-431, 443-448. 

01.02.2010

Vladimir Tikhonov

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

Buddhism’s Introduction into Korea

 Korea Old and New 

Sourcebook:

Robert Buswell (ed.) : Currents and Countercurrents: Korean Influences on the East Asian Buddhist traditions. 2005. University of Hawaii Press,

pp.36-56; (non-obligatory),

pp. 62-89. 

pp.  15-43

08.02.2010

Vladimir Tikhonov 

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

Ritual in Korean Mahayana: esoteric philosophy and cults 

Sourcebook:

Religions of Korean in Practice

 pp. 89-94, 198-203, 431-443.

pp. 65-100 

15.02.2010

Vladimir Tikhonov

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

Korea’s Early Mahayana Philosophy (6-7^th C.). 

Sourcebook:

Park Sung-bae, Wonhyo's commentaries on the Awakening of faith in Mahayana, Berkeley, 1999 (non-obligatory);

pp. 135-191

22.02.2010

Jung Euisung (special seminar)

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

Christianity in South Korea – special seminar and discussion

Religions of Korea in Practice 

pp. 409-421

Donald Clark, Christianity in Modern Korea, Lanham, 1986; Wi Jo Kang, Christ and Caesar in modern Korea : a history of Christianity and politics, State University of New York Press, 1997;

Pyong Gap Min, “The Structure and Social Functions of Korean Immigrant Churches in the United States”, - International Migration Review, Vol. 26, No. 4. (Winter, 1992), pp. 1370-1394; Frank Tedesco, “Individual and Social Questions for Buddhist and Christian Cooperation in Korea”, - Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 17. (1997), pp. 179-195.

01.03.2010

NO CLASSES

08.03.2010

Vladimir Tikhonov 

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

Religious Syncretism and  Pure Land Buddhism in Korea 

Sourcebook:

pp. 94-100, 191-98,  313-318, 643-654

15.03.2010

Vladimir Tikhonov 

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

Korean Ch’an (S?n) tradition 

Sourcebook:

Robert Buswell (ed.) : Currents and Countercurrents: Korean Influences on the East Asian Buddhist traditions. 2005. University of Hawaii Press,

Robert Buswell (trans.) The Korean approach to Zen / the collected works of Chinul , University of Hawaii Press, 1983; Keel Hee-Sung, Chinul, the founder of the Korean Son tradition, Berkeley, 1984 (non-obligatory),

pp. 220-245, 390-393, 404-422, 658-667 

pp. 73-153.

The compulsory first draft of the essay is to be submitted by March 15 (preferably electronically: vladimir.tikhonov@ikos.uio.no.). The topic is to be approved by the teacher beforehand. First draft is expected to include the title, subtitle, detailed plan of the essay (with at least 2-3 sentences on the content of each part of the essay) and literature list, and to be approximately 1-2 pages long.

22.03.2010

Vladimir Tikhonov 

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

Confucianism in Silla and Koryo (before 13th C.);  Neoconfucianism in Korea.

Sourcebook:

Religions of Korea in Practice

Culture and the State in Late Choson:

pp. 113-129, 272-296, 306-310, 323-326, 341-46, 364-384, 448-463, 491-515, 521-526, 550-575, 603-642.

pp. 223-233

pp. 91-134, 199-233 

Martina Deuchler, The Confucian transformation of Korea : a study of society and ideology, Harvard, 1992 (non-obligatory),

29.03.2010

Jung Euisung (special seminar)

 Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

 New Religions in Korea  

Religions of Korea in Practice  

 pp. 497-508

George Cryssides, The advent of Sun Myung Moon : the origins, beliefs, and practices of the Unification Church , Macmillan, 1990 (non-obligatory) 

12.04.2010

NO CLASSES

19.04.2006

Vladimir Tikhonov 

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

Nationalism in Korea – 1 

Sourcebook:

Korea Old and New:

pp. 465-469, 516-521, 534-536, 586-591.

pp. 199-208, 222-236, 247-254 

26.04.2010

Vladimir Tikhonov

 Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

 Nationalism in Korea – 2 

Korea Old and New:

Nationalism and the construction of Korean identity 

pp. 273-281, 286-305, 406-412.

03.05.2010

 Yook Youngsu (Chungang University/Leiden University, guest lecture) 

Seminarrom 2 P.A. Munchs hus  

Leftist Nationalism/Communism in Korea. North Korean state ideology as a religion  – seminar and discussion

Religions of Korea in Practice 

pp. 517-535

Eric Cornell, North Korea under communism : report of an envoy to paradise , Routledge, 2002 (non-obligatory). 

Sheila Miyoshi Jager, “Women, Resistance and the Divided Nation: The Romantic Rhetoric of Korean Reunification”, - The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 55, No. 1. (Feb., 1996), pp. 3-21; Gi-Wook Shin, “South Korean Anti-Americanism: A Comparative Perspective”, - Asian Survey, Vol. 36, No. 8. (Aug., 1996), pp. 787-803.