ANTH 34804 - Anthropology and Literature:Thoreau's Walden and the Bhagavad Gita

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University of Chicago

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PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. The rich and complex Thoreau/East Indian connection has been elaborated in many essays and books, and this course pushes the frontiers further through a "heroic reading" of all of Wald en and much of t he Git a. We also discuss how these masterpieces speak to fundamental problems: good/evil, self/cosmos, duty/passion, reality/illusion, political engagement and philosophical meditation, and sensuous "wildness" and ascetic devot ion. P. Friedrich. Not offered 2009-10; will be offere d 2010

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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