RELI 181 - China Reimagined

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

(Same as ASIA 181) Working with an ancient Chinese cosmological schema, the luoshu, a nine-squared square, and the old adage that ‘heaven is round, earth is square,’ this class is divided into nine parts as follows: territory, opium, city, temple, gods, texts, home, body, and economy. Through these nine terms we explore both alternative and traditional ways of thinking through China’s imperial and modern histories. One of our class objectives is to better understand what impact acts of imagination have on social formations. Throughout we use the themes at hand to develop our writing skills. Michael Walsh.

Open only to first-year students; satisfies the college requirement for a First-Year Writing Seminar.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS