LLEA 40608 - Nature/Environment: Japan/Europe

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

East Asian Lang & Lit

Description:

The purpose of this course is to explore Japanese concepts of nature in comparison with those of the West and then to ask how these concepts effect modern Japan's understanding of environmental protection. In other words, this course combines intellectual history and environmental history in Japan and Europe. We discuss the relationship among nature, divinity, and human beings in the Bible and Shinto and Confucian texts. We read radical agrarianist Ando Shoeki and see how his vision of the natural state compares with that of his French counterpart, Rousseau. We consider how nature shapes political history in Hegel and Maruyama. Finally, we try to figure out what the claim that the Japanese love nature means both in terms of aesthetics and nationalism and in terms of environmental protection.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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