HISTORY OF KOREAN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIONS 2

* The teaching language of this course is English.

This course falls within the characterizing teachings of the "Korea" curriculum of the course "Languages, Cultures and Societies of Asia and Mediterranean Africa".
Its educational objectives fall within the area of learning cultural and humanistic skills.

Students are expected to
- have a deeper knowledge and understanding of Korean thoughts and religions.
- demonstrate a general understanding of the philosophical debate and religious practices, knowing how to trace relationships and comparing thinkers, currents of thought and values
- Know how to identify and contextualize thinkers, currents of thought, values in a broad historical-cultural dimension
- be able to find and critically use study materials such as monographs, scientific journals and digital resources

The student should have a good knowledge of the history of Korean religious traditions, acquired through (but not exclusively) the educational objectives of the course "Storia della filosofia e delle religioni del Corea 1". In addition, it is desirable for the student to have a basic knowledge of Korean history.

Week 1 Orientation “What do we know about Korean Thoughts and Religions?”
Week 2 Understanding of Korean Shamanism
Week 3 Shamanism and Korean Society
Week 4 Korean Folk Religion
Week 5 Yin Yang and Wu Xing (Five Elements)
Week 6 Saju (Four Pillars of Destiny)
Week 7 P’ungsu (Geomancy)
Week 8 Understanding of Korean Buddhism
Week 9 Buddhism and Korean Society
Week 10 Daoism and Korean Culture
Week 11 Understanding of Korean Confucianism
Week 12 Confucianism and Korean Society Today
Week 13 Body and Traditional Religions
Week 14 New Religions of Korea
Week 15 Religion and Traditions

Materials are available on Moodle. Further non-compulsory readings will be presented during the lectures and made available on Moodle.

- Class attendance & Informed and Active participation in the class (Attending courses regularly are strongly encouraged)
- Non-attendant students can contact the teacher to request further information.
- Final Exam (100%): Written-test (90 minutes) with multiple choice questions and descriptive essays.

written

With regard to the method of grading,
A. scores in the range 18-22 will be awarded in the presence of:
- sufficient knowledge and applied comprehension of the program;
- limited ability to analyze and interpret philosophical and religious texts;
- sufficient communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
B. Scores in the 23-26 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- fair knowledge and applied comprehension in relation to the program;
- fair ability to analyze and interpret philosophical and religious texts;
- fair communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
C. Scores in the 27-30 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- good or excellent knowledge and applied comprehension in relation to the program;
- good or excellent ability to analyze and interpret philosophical and religious texts;
- fully appropriate communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
D. Honors will be awarded in the presence of excellent knowledge and applied comprehension in relation to the program, excellent judgment, and excellent communication skills.

Lectures and exercises with PowerPoint presentations. Presentations and in-depth materials will then be available on the Moodle platform.

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "International cooperation" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development