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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Confucius and Social Theory 2016 A (Weeks 1-8)

Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Syllabic Cycles"
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On this date in Round and Square History
21 August 2015—Method and Theory in History Syllabus 2015
21 August 2015—China's Lunar Calendar: 2015 08-21
21 August 2014—East Asian History and Culture Syllabus 2014
21 August 2014—China's Lunar Calendar: 2014 08-21
21 August 2013—From the Geil Archive: How to Write the Book
21 August 2013—China's Lunar Calendar: 2013 08-21
21 August 2012 2012—The New Yorker and the World Syllabus 2012
21 August 2011—Hurtin' Country: Whoever's in New England

Click here for the other half of this two-part syllabus post:
HIST 310: Weeks 1-8                   HIST 310: Weeks 9-16 
 
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
Mills, C. Wright. The Sociological ImaginationSahlins, 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 Prospectus                                                 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 I 
Confucius and the Analects
(August 22-26)
Monday, August 22
Course overview

Wednesday, August 24
LaFleur, The Analects of Confucius (Guidebook Foreword/Afterword—Draft)
Fingarette, Confucius: The Secular As Sacred, 1-36
          Human Community as Holy Rite
          A Way Without A Crossroads  

Friday, August 26
Round and Square: Syllabic Cycles (read all four posts)
Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius (all front matter, through page seventy)
LaFleur Interview with The Great Courses (24:58)
Fingarette, Confucius: The Secular As Sacred, 37-80
          The Locus of the Personal 
          Traditional or Visionary?
          A Confucian Metaphor: The Holy Vessel
Begin Notebooks  
Week II  
Imagining The Social
(August 29-September 2) 
Monday, August 29
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius, 71-102
          Book 1 (學而)
          Book 2 (為政)
          Book 3 (八佾)
          Book 4 (里仁)
          Book 5 (公冶長)
Mills, The Sociological Imagination, 3-99; 195-226
          *Appendix: On Intellectual Craftsmanship
          The Promise
          Grand Theory
          Abstracted Empiricism
          Types of Practicality 
 *Please read the Appendix carefully for Monday...and then skim it again for Wednesday.

Wednesday, August 31
Mills, The Sociological Imagination, 100-194 (195-226 review)
          The Bureaucratic Ethos
          Philosophies of Science
          Uses of History
          On Reason and Freedom
          On Politics
          *Appendix: On Intellectual Craftsmanship
 *Please read the Appendix carefully for Monday...and then skim it again for Wednesday.

Friday, September 2
LaFleur, The Analects of Confucius (Rough Cut Video Lectures)*
          Lecture 1: The Analects and Confucius's World
          Lecture 2: A Birds Eye View of The Analects
          Lecture 3: The Man We Call Confucius
          Lecture 4: How The Analects is Organized
*You may either watch the lectures in class from 10:00-12:15 on Fridays or read the scripts of the lectures (your choice). You are responsible for the content of these lectures, though (this is not an optional assignment).
Notebooks Due (as e-mail attachments) by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 9/4.
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Week III 
Doing Things With Words 
(September 5-9) 
Monday, September 5
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius, 103-133
          Book 6 (雍也)
          Book 7 (述而)
          Book 8 (泰伯)
          Book 9 (子罕)
          Book 10 (鄉黨)
Austin, How To Do Things With Words, 1-82
          Lecture 1
          Lecture 2
          Lecture 3
          Lecture 4
          Lecture 5
          Lecture 6

Wednesday, September 7
Austin, How To Do Things With Words, 83-164
          Lecture 7
          Lecture 8
          Lecture 9
          Lecture 10
          Lecture 11
          Lecture 12

Friday, September 9
LaFleur, The Analects of Confucius (Rough Cut Video Lectures)*
          Lecture 5: The Provenance of The Analects
          Lecture 6: The Analects in Miniature
          Lecture 7: Learning to Read The Analects
          Lecture 8: Confucius's Students: Zaiwo and Yan Hui
*You may either watch the lectures in class from 10:00-12:15 on Fridays or read the scripts of the lectures (your choice). You are responsible for the content of these lectures, though (this is not an optional assignment).Notebooks Due (as e-mail attachments) by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 9/11
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Week IV 
Presenting Our "Selves" In Everyday Life
(September 12-16)  
Monday, September 12
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus 
Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius, 134-193
          Book 11 (先進)
          Book 12 (顏淵)
          Book 13 (子路)
          Book 14 (憲問)
          Book 15 (衛靈公)
Goffman, The Presentation of Self In Everyday Life, 1-140
          Introduction
          Performances
          Teams
          Regions and Region Behavior

Wednesday, September 14
Goffman, The Presentation of Self In Everyday Life, 141-256
          Discrepant Roles
          Communication Out Of Character
          The Arts of Impression Management
          Conclusion

Friday, September 16
LaFleur, The Analects of Confucius (Rough Cut Video Lectures)*
          Lecture 9: Confucius's Students: Zilu and Zigong          
          Lecture 10: Confucius on the Purpose of Learning
          Lecture 11: Filial Devotion in The Analects
          Lecture 12: Confucius on the Value of Remonstrance
*You may either watch the lectures in class from 10:00-12:15 on Fridays or read the scripts of the lectures (your choice). You are responsible for the content of these lectures, though (this is not an optional assignment).
No Notebooks Due This Week
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"Confucius Letter" Assignment
Due by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 18
Send as a .pdf file to lafleur@beloit.edu

Week V 
Performing Verbal Art
(September 19-23)        
Monday, September 19
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Ames and Rosemont, The Analects of Confucius, 194-229
          Book 16 (季氏)
          Book 17 (陽貨)
          Book 18 (微子)
          Book 19 (子張)
          Book 20 (堯曰)
Bauman, Verbal Art As Performance, 3-80
          Introduction
          The Nature of Performance
          The Keying of Performance
          The Patterning of Performance
          The Emergent Quality of Performance
          Conclusion

Wednesday, September 21
Bauman, Verbal Art As Performance, 81-150
          The Story in the Story: Metanarration in Folk Narrative (Babcock)
          Chamula Genres of Verbal Behavior (Gossen)
          The Training of the Man of Words in Talking Sweet (Abrahams)
          Cuna Ikala: Literature in San Blas (Sherzer)

Friday, September 23
LaFleur, The Analects of Confucius (Rough Cut Video Lectures)*
          Lecture 13: The Exemplary Person in The Analects
          Lecture 14:Confucius's Idea: Consummate Conduct
          Lecture 15: Confucius on Cultivating the Self
          Lecture 16: Ritual Conduct in The Analects
*You may either watch the lectures in class from 10:00-12:15 on Fridays or read the scripts of the lectures (your choice). You are responsible for the content of these lectures, though (this is not an optional assignment).
Notebooks Due (as e-mail attachments) by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 9/25
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Read the Research Prospectus Assignment (due on 10/7)

Week VI 
Practicing Everyday Life
(September 26-30) 
Monday, September 26
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
Slingerland, Confucius: Analects, 1-51
          Book 1 (學而)
          Book 2 (為政)
          Book 3 (八佾)
          Book 4 (里仁)
          Book 5 (公冶長)
DeCerteau, The Practice of Everyday Life, 1-130
      Part I: A Very Ordinary Culture
          A Common Place: Ordinary Language
          Popular Cultures: Ordinary Language
          "Making Do": Uses and Tactics
      Part II: THeories of the Art of Practice
          Foucault and Bourdieu
          The Arts of Theory
          Story Time
      Part III: Spatial Practices
          Walking in the City
          Railway Navigation and Incarceration
          Spatial Stories

Wednesday, September 28
DeCerteau, The Practice of Everyday Life, 131-204
      Part IV: Uses of Language
          The Scriptural Economy
          Quotations of Voices
          Reading As Poaching
      Part V:Ways of Believing
          Believing and Making People Believe
          The Unamable

Friday, September 30
LaFleur, The Analects of Confucius (Rough Cut Video Lectures)*
          Lecture 17: Confucius on Embodied Ritual and Music
          Lecture 18: The Analects on Effective Rule
          Lecture 19: Mencius: The Next Confucian Sage
          Lecture 20: Confucius's Daoist and Legalist Critics
*You may either watch the lectures in class from 10:00-12:15 on Fridays or read the scripts of the lectures (your choice). You are responsible for the content of these lectures, though (this is not an optional assignment).
Notebooks Due (as e-mail attachments) by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 10/2
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Week VII 
Proposing Research
(October 3-7)
Monday, October 3
Round and Square Click for separate Round and Square Syllabus
New York Review of Books Click for separate New York Review of Books Syllabus 
Slingerland, Confucius: Analects, 52-110
          Book 6 (雍也)
          Book 7 (述而)
          Book 8 (泰伯)
          Book 9 (子罕)
          Book 10 (鄉黨)
Ames, Confucian Role Ethics, 1-157
            Introduction: "Appreciating" Confucianism
            An Interpretive Context for Understanding Confucianism
            The Confucian Project: Attaining Relational Virtuosity
Wednesday, October 5
Ames, Confucian Role Ethics, 159-268
            Confucian Role Ethics
            Confucian Human-Centered Religiousness
            Epilogue: The Limits of Confucian Role Ethics

Friday, October 7
LaFleur, The Analects of Confucius (Rough Cut Video Lectures)*
          Lecture 21: State Confucianism and Buddhism          
          Lecture 22: Sima Guang and the Confucian Revival
          Lecture 23: Neo-Confucianism and the Political Order
          Lecture 24: Confucius's Comeback in a Global World
*You may either watch the lectures in class from 10:00-12:15 on Fridays or read the scripts of the lectures (your choice). You are responsible for the content of these lectures, though (this is not an optional assignment).
No Notebooks Due This Week
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Research Prospectus Assignment Due 
10:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7
Send as a .pdf file to lafleur@beloit.edu

Week VIII—Autumn Break       
Worldwide NYC 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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