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252. Introduction to Chinese Film. (3h) Introductory study of film from mainland China, Hong
Kong, and Taiwan from its inception at the turn of the twentieth century to the present. Explores
Chinese film as an art form, an instrument of political propaganda, and a medium of
popular entertainment. Also listed as EAL 252.
2561. Beijing: A Study of Chinese Religion and Politics. (3h) Study of the religion and politics in
the recent history of China, beginning with the founding of present Beijing in the early Ming
Dynasty.
265. Gender, Spirituality, and Art. (3h) Introduction to the current discussion of the nature of art
and spiritual experience, with special attention to definitions of femininity and masculinity in
the construction of symbols and religious meaning.
266. Perceptions of Islam. (3h) Exploration of Islam as understood by Muslims and non-
Muslims, with particular focus on issues of war and peace, gender equity, human rights, and
prospects for future relations between Islamic and Western countries. (CD)
267. China, Character, and Columbine. (3h) An examination, in Eastern and Western terms, of
methodologies used to form and to reform the configurations of innate and learned factors that
produce saints or sociopaths, centering on the psychological theory of Yan Xi-zhai. (CD)
268. Ancestors, Indians, Immigrants: A Southwest Cultural Tapestry. (3h) Exploration of factors
that shaped the lives of people in the Southwest with attention to Native American and Hispanic
experience. From kivas to casinos, coyotes to cartels, it links archeological and prehispanic
history to contemporary lifeways in the canyons, deserts, and cities of the U.S./North Mexico.
Also listed as ANT 377. (CD)
280. Reason and Revelation. (3h) Investigation of the intellectual roots of Western civilization as
they are found in the emergence of philosophical universalism and Biblical monotheism. These
distinctive approaches are considered through the reading of such authors as Plato, Hesiod,
Aristophanes, and St. Thomas Aquinas, and of selections from the Bible.
282. Public Life and the Liberal Arts. (3h) Devoted to topics of abiding public significance. Fundamental
dilemmas and resolutions associated with each topic are examined through a consideration
of their treatment in the liberal arts tradition. “Politics and the Arts” and “Theory and
Practice in Public Life” are representative topics.
283. Foundations of Revolution in Modernity. (3h) Subject viewed through such representative
writers as Machiavelli, Spinoza, Pascal, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Flaubert, Eckermann, Hegel,
Nietzsche, and Conrad, each of whom in a different way participated in the rejection of the
teachings of both the Socratic tradition and the Christian church.
285. Culture and Religion in Contemporary Native America. (3h) Interdisciplinary survey of
American-Indian cultures, including the arts and literature, religions, and historical changes.
Emphasis is on the impact of the Conquista, encounters with Northern Atlantic societies, and
contemporary developments. Also listed as REL 265. (CD)
290. Innovation and Inclusivity. (3h) Introduction to cultural innovation in the twentieth century.
Written texts, visual arts, and performance art are analyzed through the perspectives of (1.)
paradigms such as psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, and liberation theology, (2.) debates
about political correctness and multiculturalism, and (3.) strategies used by minority and non-
Western voices. (CD)
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