EAST 551. Technologies of Self in Early China.
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EAST 551
Technologies of Self in Early China.
Credits: 3
Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings on self-cultivation drawn from Confucian, Legalist, and Taoist philosophic texts of early China (5th-2nd centuries B.C.) in translation will be compared with historical and archaeological materials on the evolving construction of the "individual'' in Chinese social structure, military organization, political and ritual codes.
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): One advanced course in EAST or permission of the instructor
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