History of East Asia

a) Characteristics of the Chinese perception of time and Chinese historiography and the methodological issues that emerge when addressing Japanese history. The Chinese history theory (the notions of culture and civilisation, development and progress).
b) This methodological approach includes elements of traditional Chinese and Japanese historiography and avoids the sole evaluation of quantitative or material criteria (connection with new anthropology, taking into account the specialities of the inner integrity of the addressed cultural and civilisation areas, etc.).
c) An overview of the most important historic periods and their importance in the context of the historical development of mankind.

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- Mitja Saje: Zgodovina kitajske obdobje Yuan in Ming - Tuji osvajalci in trdnost tradicionalne ureditve, Filozofska fakulteta, Ljubljana, 1997. COBISS.SI-ID - 70806272
- Mitja Saje: Zadnja dinastija in izzivi sodobnosti - zgodovina Kitajske od vdora Mandžurcev do ustanovitve Ljudske republike, Oddelek za AAŠ Filozofske fakultete, Ljubljana, 2004. COBISS.SI-ID - 216481024
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- Mitja Saje: Similarities and Differences in the Process of Modernisation in India and China. Azijske in afriške študije, 2001. COBISS.SI-ID - 73105920
- Hane, Mikiso (1991) Premodern Japan. Oxford: Westview Press. COBISS.SI-ID - 7778402

PRIPOROČENA LITERATURA

Serija knjig: The Cambridge History of China
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Hwang, Kyung Moon. 2010. A History of Korea: An Episodic Narrative. London: Palgrave Macmillian.