1400 • Democracy in China

1400: Democracy in China/Dr. Hermann Halbeisen (SoSe 2013)

I) Programme

This course deals with aspects of the reception of the concept of democracy in China. It covers the period from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century. Particular attention is paid to the differences between the Chinese and the Western liberal perceptions of democracy.

The course design is based on the ideas developed by Prof. Leidhold in his lecture 'Einführung in die Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte' (WS 12/13), namely the nexus between the structure of experience, the history of ideas and the polity.

2) Course Outline

1) Introductory Session

→ A) Liberal Democracy

2) Aspects of the Concept 'Democracy'

3) Liberal Democracy

4) Does Democracy Travel?

→ B) History

5) Chinese History I → Foreign Intrusion, Reform, Revolution

6) Chinese History II → Crisis of Order

→ C) Perception

7) Minben – Chinese Prequel to Democracy?

8) + 9) Chinese Perception of Democracy in the late 19th + early 20th Centuries

10) Changes in the Perception of Democracy during the May Fourth Period

→ D) Chinese Concepts of Democracy

11) Liang Qichao

12) Sun Yat-sen

13) Mao Zedong

14) Yu Keping

Literature

Dabringhaus, Sabine; Geschichte Chinas im 20. Jahrhundert. München 2009
Tan, Chester C.; Chinese Political Thought in the 20th Century. Newton Abbot 1972

Dr. Hermann Halbeisen

10. Apr 2013

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