Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Sociology

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: THE KNOWING BODY: BUDDHISM, GENDER AND THE SOCIAL WORLD ***** Western thought tends to regard mind and body dualistically, a view with significant impact on religious cultural, gendered and social processes. This course juxtaposes received Western assumptions with Buddhist perspectives (especially Tibetan Buddhist), mapping Western and Buddhist categories onto each other to better understand the implications of each. ***** Also offered as RELI 323, WGST 323, and ASIA 323.