Freitag | 14.00 Uhr | Going to War. Rewards, Punishments, and Indoctrination Reading group led by Prof. Dr. Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Reading: Book of Lord Shang 17, 18.3, 19 Adresse Institut für Sinologie 010.00.04 Voßstraße 2 69115 Heidelberg Veranstalter Institut für Sinologie Homepage Veranstalter www.zo.uni-heidelberg.de/sinologie Kontakt Alle Termine der Veranstaltung 'The Ideology of the Total State: The Book of Lord Shang (Shangjunshu 商君書) and its intellectual context': The Book of Lord Shang (Shangjunshu 商君書) is a fascinating and hugely controversial text, which, for a variety of reasons had been all but neglected in Sinological research until very recently. Our meeting will focus on reading and discussing selected chapters of this text and placing its ideas in the broad context of intellectual developments of the Warring States period. In particular, I propose to explore the book’s evolutionary view of history, its concept of human nature, its economic and military thought, particularly the idea of a “total war,” and its peculiar view of meritocracy. Parallels and differences with such texts as Mozi, Sunzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, and the like will be highlighted throughout. Freitag, 28. Juni 2019, 14.00 Uhr Historical Evolution and the Origins of the State Reading group led by Prof. Dr. Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Freitag, 05. Juli 2019, 14.00 Uhr Tillers and Soldiers. The Question of Human Motivation and Changing Views of Economic Policies Reading group led by Prof. Dr. Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Freitag, 12. Juli 2019, 14.00 Uhr Going to War. Rewards, Punishments, and Indoctrination Reading group led by Prof. Dr. Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Freitag, 19. Juli 2019, 14.00 Uhr Alternative Meritocracy: From the Book of Lord Shang to Han Feizi Reading group led by Prof. Dr. Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |