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| SOCI0068-1 | Power and Society in Modern and Contemporary China
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, à finalité spécialisée en science, technologie et société, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Anthropology, in-depth approach, 1st year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Anthropology, Teaching Focus, 1st year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Anthropology, specialized approach in applied anthropology, 1st year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Population and Development Studies, Professional Focus in Contemporary China
, 2nd year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master en anthropologie, à finalité spécialisée en anthropologie des dynamiques sociales et du développement, 1st year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Lecturer : | Eric Florence, Andreas Thele |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| The first part of this course will be taught by Prof. Andreas Thele and will deal with modern China (17th to 20th centuries). The emphasis will be put on key moments in the modern history of China: Opium wars; emergence of the issue of modernity and of nationalism, intellectual renewal, etc. The second part of the cours will be taught by Prof. Eric Florence et will delve upon the major political events which took place during the Mao-Era: early era mass movements; 100 flowers campaigns; Great leap forward; Cultural revolution, etc. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The main aim of this course is to improve students' knowledge of the major sociopolitical events of modern and conteporary China and to allow students to better understand processes at play in China today. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The students are expected to prepare each session with a series of readings. After the lecture by the professor a discussion will take place between students during each of the teaching sessions. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| List of readings:
Séance du 28/09/2011 (Andreas Thele)
Tables (voir bibliographie) :
Chronological Table, Bauer, W., pp. 423-427
Chronological Table of the Philosophers, Fung, Y., pp. 408-409
The Use of Pinyin, Spence, J.D., pp. XXXI-XXXIII.
Han Fei Zi: Han-Fei-tse ou Le Tao du Prince. La stratégie de la domination absolue, Présenté et traduit du chinois par Jean Levi, Editions du Seuil, Paris 1999
Introduction: "IV.3 Toute puissance et perfectionnement du moi", pp. 53-57
Chapître LV: "Tracer les limites", pp. 553-555
Séance du 05/10/2011 :
Bauer, Wolfgang : Sleep and the Message of the Heavenly Father, in: China and the Search for Happiness, pp. 273-278, Seabury Press, New York 1976.
Spence, Jonathan D.: China and the Eighteenth-Century World, in: The Search for Modern China (2nd edition), pp. 117-132, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, London 1990.
Séance du 12/10/2011 :
Spence, Jonathan D.: The End of the Dynasty, in : The Search for Modern China (2nd edition), pp. 243-263, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, London 1990
Séance du 19/10/2011 :
Bauer, Wolfgang : The Confusion of Ideals, in: China and the Search for Happiness, pp. 330-350, Seabury Press, New York 1976
Séance du 26/10/2011 :
Bianco, Lucien : Seigneurs de la guerre et révolution nationaliste (1913-1927), in : Bergère, Marie-Claire ; Bianco, Lucien ; Domes, Jürgen (Ed.) : La Chine au XXème siècle. D'une révolution à l'autre 1895-1949, pp. 123-159, Fayard, Paris 1989
Séance du 9/11/2011 (Eric Florence)
Lectures :
M. C. Bergère, La République de Chine de 1949 à nos jours, chapitre 2, « Mobilisation de masses et transformation de la société », Armand Colin, Paris, 1998, p. 29-42.
W. Hinton, Fanshen, Plon, p. 339-345, p. 360-363, 482-485, p. 522-525.
Sujets : La période 1949-1958 : étatisation de la société et mouvements de masse
Séance du 16/11/2011
Lectures:
P. Alexander and A. Chan, « Does China have an apartheid pass system », Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 30, n° 4, July 2004, p. 609-629.
E. Florence, « Les représentations des travailleurs migrants en Chine », Perspectives chinoises, n° 94, mars-avril 2006, Centre d'études français sur la Chine contemporaine, Hong Kong, pp. 13-26 (facultatif).
Sujets : Le système du livret de résidence : clé de voûte de la division ville-campagne et du système de rationnement.
Séance du 23/11/2011
Lectures:
J. L. Domenach, L'archipel oublié, Fayard, 1985, p. 63-116.
Projection du film, Looking for Lin Zhao (Hu Jie).
Séance du 30/11/2011
Lectures:
Lü Xiaobo, « The Great Leap Forward. The Beginning of Involution" (Chapter three), Cadres and Corruption. The Organizational Involution of the Chinese Communist Party, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 2000, p. 73-113.
Sujet : Origines, déroulement et conséquences du Grand bond en avant.
Séance du 14/12/2011
Lectures :
R. Macfarquhar et M. Schoenhals, La dernière révolution de Mao. Histoire de la Révolution culturelle, 1966-1976, Gallimard, 2009, p. 37-57 et 101-123.
Sujet : La révolution culturelle
Cours du 21/12/2011
Discussion générale et Film 24 City ou San Li Dong |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| The reading will be available at "Point de vue" (B31) |
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Contacts :
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| Andreas.Thele@ulg.ac.be
Eric.Florence@ulg.ac.be |
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