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Apr 30, 2024
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CORE 470 - Ambiguous Other: Looking at the West as it Looks East
Prerequisites: Core 101-Core 105 and at least sixth semester standing.
Delivery: Other
Why are yoga and meditation so much more popular in the United States than in Asian countries where they are supposed to come from? Why are American insurers so reluctant to provide adequate coverage for those seeking alternative treatment in traditional Chinese medicine, which has been a predominant medical practice for over 3000 years? Why is the contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei so popular in the West? Through the exploration of questions like these, students will gain perspective on how, as literary and cultural critic Edward Said proposed in his Orientalism, the West’s perceptions of the East reflect its own desires, fears, and interests. Building upon the foundation of the five interdisciplinary Core courses, this class connects between science, history, human behavior, aesthetics, and philosophy and literature to create better understandings of both Asia, the ambiguous Other, and us, the West.
3 credits
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