|
Class number:
3033
|
|
Title: Reason in Premodern East Asia |
|
Department: History |
|
Career: Undergraduate |
|
Component: Seminar |
|
Session: Regular |
|
Instructor's Permission Required: No |
|
Grading Basis: Regular |
|
Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
|
Current enrollment: 11 |
|
Available seats: 4 |
|
Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
|
End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
|
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
|
Schedule: MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM, SH - T308 |
|
|
Instructor(s): Said Monteiro, Daniel |
|
Prerequisite(s): None |
|
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
Why did science develop faster in Western Europe than in the rest of the Eurasian continent? Or did it? In this seminar, we examine the long history of rational and scientific thinking in the eastern regions of Eurasia, leading up to the formation of modern East Asian states between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. We will unravel how premodern Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese scholars engaged with a range of explanations about phenomena concerning heaven, earth, and everything in between. Finding points of convergence and divergence between disciplines such as astronomy, geography, botany, and medicine, you will learn about indigenous knowledge systems in constant dialogue with other epistemologies from around the world. |