China (Part 2): The Creation and End of a Centralized Empire

开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: 5 weeks

所在平台: EdxArchive 课程类别: 其他类别 大学或机构: Harvard University 授课老师： Peter K. Bol William C. Kirby

课程主页: https://www.edx.org/archive/china-part-2-creation-end-centralized-harvardx-sw12-2x

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Please note that this course is self-paced and you can enroll at any time. The course itself is 5 weeks long and certificates are generated and distributed to learners who meet the 75% requirement every 4 months. Please note that these dates are subject to change, but will maintain a schedule of every 4 months.

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This course is presented in English with limited video subtitles in Chinese.

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Modern China presents a dual image: a society transforming itself through economic development and infrastructure investment that aspires to global leadership; and the world's largest and oldest bureaucratic state, with multiple traditions in its cultural, economic, and political life. The modern society and state that is emerging in China bears the indelible imprint of China's historical experience, of its patterns of philosophy and religion, and of its social and political thought. These themes are discussed in order to understand China in the twenty-first century and as a great world civilization that developed along lines different from those of the Mediterranean. ChinaX introduces new features to make the riches of Harvard's visual collections and the expertise of its faculty more accessible to learners worldwide. We will engage intellectual and religious trends, material and political culture, the local diversity and the national unity, art and literature, and China’s economic and political transformation— past, present and future.

This is the second of ten ChinaX "Mini-Courses" that collectively span over 6,000 years of history. Each Mini-Course consists of 4 to 8 weekly "modules," each with videos, readings, interactive engagements, assessments, and discussion forums.

HarvardX pursues the science of learning. By registering as an online learner in an HX course, you will also participate in research about learning. Read our research statement to learn more.

课程大纲

• About the creation of the first centralized bureaucratic empire in 221 BC through its dissolution and restoration: Why was the imperial model successful in China? What happened when it failed? How did the foreign religion of Buddhism gain a place in the landscape that continues still today?
• The political systems and changing state-society relations, which apply to all historical periods.
• About religion as a historical phenomenon.
• How to develop your own approaches to history and gain a critical appreciation of China’s literary, philosophical, political and cultural resources.
• To express ideas more clearly and confidently through the discussion forums and to think more analytically and critically through the study of primary and secondary sources.

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