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WN 2008
Asian Studies
ASIAN 223 - Bhagavad-Gita: The Activist View of Hinduism
Section 001

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Requirements & Distribution:

Other:

WorldLit

Repeatability:

May not be repeated for credit.

Cross-Listed Classes:

RELIGION 223 - Bhagavad-Gita, Section 001

Primary Instructor:

Deshpande,Madhav

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This class introduces Hinduism to students through an intensive study of this single most important scriptural text, the Bhagavad-Gita. We spend half the time going over the text-in-translation, chapter by chapter. The other half of the class time is devoted to critical issues relating to the text, i.e., history of the text, its transmission, its location within the history of Hinduism, its connections with political/cultural history, its ancient and modern interpretations.

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