ASIA 231 - THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE BODY
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Department: Asian Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE BODY
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Beginning with a historical survey of the American metaphysical tradition, this course turns to a close study of the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, as a unique window into some of the different ways the tradition has appropriated Asian religions, psychological models of the unconscious, and contemporary scientific paradigms.
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Also offered as RELI 231.
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Course not offered as 2004-2005