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Monday, August 22, 2016

Confucius and Social Theory Syllabus B (Weeks 9-16)

On this date on Round and Square's History 

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HIST 310: Weeks 1-8                   HIST 310: Weeks 9-16
[a] Unfurled RF
Confucius and Social Theory
History 310
MWF 10:15-12:05
Robert André LaFleur                                                          Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 111                                                              Monday           12:05-1:35
363-2005                                                                                Wednesday     12:05-1:35
lafleur@beloit.edu                                                                 …or by appointment 

Required Books for All Enrolled Students 
Ames, Roger and Henry Rosemont. The Analects of Confucius
Ames, Roger. Confucian Role Ethics
Austin, J.L. How To Do Things With Words
Bauman, Richard. Verbal Art As Performance
De Certeau, Michel. The Practice of Everyday Life
Fingarette, Herbert. Confucius: The Secular As Sacred
Goffman, Erving. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Makeham, James. Transmitters and Creators
Mills, C. Wright. The Sociological Imagination 
Sahlins, Marshall. Apologies To Thucydides
Slingerland, Edward. Confucius—Analects
Turner, Victor. Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors
Notebook (required) for weekly work
All readings are on library reserve.
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LaFleur, Robert. Round and Square (www.robert-lafleur.blogspot.com) 
Belcher, Wendy. Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks (handouts)
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice (handouts) 
Lipson, Charles. How to Write a BA Thesis (handouts)
Zerubavel, Eviatar. The Clockwork Muse (handouts)
The New York Review of Books (NYRB)
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Confucius's slim, posthumous text—The Analects—is one of the most influential books in history. It has shaped a way of thinking about social relationships that has profoundly influenced Chinese, Japanese, and Korean families for many centuries. Its "reach" has extended markedly with China's newfound place in a changing world. This course will examine the "sociology" of the Analects in relation to some of the most fascinating social theory of the last century. Students will examine "social agency theory," and will analyze it with and "against" Confucius's own "social theory" throughout the term. Final assignments will emphasize students' own major strengths in history, anthropology, and/or East Asian studies.

Evaluation
Quizzes                                                                      10%        Every Class Session
Theoretical Letter                                                       10%        Week Four
Research Proposal                                                     10%        Week Seven
Midterm Exam                                                            15%        Week Nine
Ethnography Review Essay                                       15%        Week Thirteen
Final Exam                                                                 15%        Week Sixteen
Final Analysis                                                             25%        Finals Week
Class attendance and participation is expected.  
 
History 310
Confucius and Social Theory
Autumn 2016
Week IX
Confucian Role Ethics
(October 17-21)
Monday, October 17
Slingerland, Confucius: Analects, 111-190
          Book 11 (先進)
          Book 12 (顏淵)
          Book 13 (子路)
          Book 14 (憲問)
          Book 15 (衛靈公)
We are going to spend Monday and Wednesday discussing Roger Ames's whole book (again)!
Ames, Confucian Role Ethics, 1-157
            Introduction: "Appreciating" Confucianism
            An Interpretive Context for Understanding Confucianism
            The Confucian Project: Attaining Relational Virtuosity
Wednesday, October 19
Ames, Confucian Role Ethics, 159-268
            Confucian Role Ethics
            Confucian Human-Centered Religiousness
            Epilogue: The Limits of Confucian Role Ethics
Friday, October 21
Notebooks Due (as e-mail attachments) by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 10/23
 
Week X 
Midterm Week
(October 24-28) 
Monday, October 24
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Midterm Examination (in-class)
Wednesday, October 26
No Class—Advising Day

Friday, October 28
Notebooks Due (as e-mail attachments) by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 10/30
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Make sure you read the "Lead" Assignment (due on 11/18)

Week XI
Confucian Commentary I
(October 31-November 4) 
Monday, October 31
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Slingerland, Confucius: Analects, 191-243
          Book 16 (季氏)
          Book 17 (陽貨)
          Book 18 (微子)
          Book 19 (子張)
          Book 20 (堯曰)
Makeham, Transmitters and Creators,1-75
            Introduction
       Part I Commentary as Authority
            He Yan, Authorship, and Xuanxue Thought
            Innovation As/Through Form
Wednesday, October 26
Makeham, Transmitters and Creators, 79-147
       Part II Commentary as Philosophy
            Huang Kan and the Shu Genre
            The Philosophical Character of Elucidation of Meaning
            Buddhist and Institutional  Influences on Huang's Thought
Friday, October 28
Notebooks Due (as e-mail attachments) by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 10/30
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Make sure you read the "Lead" Assignment (due on 11/18)

Week XII
Confucian Commentary II
(November 7-11)  
Monday, November 7
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus 
LaFleur, Confucius—Analects (Handout)
          Book 1 (學而)
          Book 2 (為政)
          Book 3 (八佾)
          Book 4 (里仁)
          Book 5 (公冶長)
Makeham, Transmitters and Creators, 148-250
       Part III Beyond Method: Zhu Xi's Lunyu jizhu 
          (Collected Annotations on the Analects)
            Zhu Xi, Commentary, and the Analects
            Zhu Xi on Learning
            The Rhetoric and Reality of Learning to Be a Sage
Wednesday, November 2
Makeham, Transmitters and Creators, 253-359
      Part IV Method and Truth: Liu Baonan's...Lunyu zhengyi 
        (Correct Meaning of the Analects)
           Liu Baonan and Liu Gongmian
           Liu Baonan and Han Learning
           Confucius as Cultural Custodian
           Epilogue
Friday, November 4
Notebooks Due (as e-mail attachments) by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 11/6
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Make sure you read the "Lead" Assignment (due on 11/18)

Week XIII
Drama, Fields, and Metaphors
(November 14-18)        
Monday, November 14
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
LaFleur, Confucius—Analects (Handout)
          Book 6 (雍也)
          Book 7 (述而)
          Book 8 (泰伯)
          Book 9 (子罕)
          Book 10 (鄉黨)
Turner, Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors, 13-155
          Preface
          Social Dramas and Ritual Metaphors
Wednesday, November 9
Turner, Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors, 156-299
          Religious Paradigms and Political Action          
          Hidalgo: History as Social Drama
Friday, November 11
Notebooks Due (as e-mail attachments) by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 11/13
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Make sure you read the "Lead" Assignment (due on 11/18)

Week XIV
Culture and Agency I
(November 21) 
Monday, November 21
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
LaFleur, Confucius—Analects (Handout)
          Book 16 (季氏)
          Book 17 (陽貨)
          Book 18 (微子)
          Book 19 (子張)
          Book 20 (堯曰)
Sahlins, Apologies To Thucydides, 1-124
          Introduction
          The Polynesian War
No Notebooks Due This Week
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Read the Final Research Paper Assignment (due on 12/13)

Week XV
Agents of Culture
(November 28-December 2)
Monday, November 28
Sahlins, Apologies To Thucydides, 125-193
          Culture and Agency in History
Wednesday, November 30

Friday, December 2
Final Notebooks (hard copies) Due in MI 111 by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 12/4
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Read the Final Research Paper Assignment (due on 12/13)

Week XVI
That's A Wrap
(December 5)
Monday, December 5
Sahlins, Apologies To Thucydides, 195-292
          The Culture of An Assassination
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Final Paper Assignment
Due by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 13
Send as a .pdf file to lafleur@beloit.edu
[b] Wrapped RF
Click here for the other half of this two-part syllabus post:
HIST 310: Weeks 1-8                   HIST 310: Weeks 9-16
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