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RELI1023A-W11

Early Taoist Texts

Early Taoist Texts
In this course we will concentrate on the two great early Taoist (Daoist) texts, the Tao te ching (Daode jing) and the Chuang–tzu (Zhuangzi), both of which date from the Warring States period (475 -221 b.c.e.) of China and yet remain widely read and studied. We will read them closely, in multiple translations, and consider questions of authorship, audience, and philosophical and religious content. We will wrestle at length with these wonderful and difficult texts, with attention first to their original context and then to their reception and interpretation in later East Asian religion, philosophy, and literature. (This course is not open to students who have taken RELI 0227).
Course Reference Number (CRN):
11232
Subject Code:
RELI
Course Number:
1023
Section Identifier:
A

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RELI 1023

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Winter 2011

RELI1023A-W11 Seminar (Morrison)