Unit II: Western Religions, Philosophy, Literature and Film.
We shall compare religions and philosophical answers with their depiction in fiction and poetry and through social engagement (Mother Theresa; Hannah Arendt).
Week 3. Western Religions (with Epic poetry, fiction & film)
- Biblical Excerpts
- Mother Theresa No Greater Love
- The Parzival of Wolfram Von Eschenbach
- The Essential Rumi
Week 4. Western Philosophers with history, poetry and film
- David Hume a Treatise of Human Nature 368-371
- Jean Jacques Rousseau Emile 144-149
- Adam Smith the Theory of Moral Sentiments 1-7
- Adam Smith The Theory of Moral Sentiments 34-37
- Max Scheler the Nature of Sympathy 12-19
- Max-Scheler the Nature of Sympathy 36-41
- Max Scheler the Nature of Sympathy 130-134
- Miguel De Unamuno Tragic Sense of Life 132-141
- Miguel De Unamuno Tragic Sense of Life 186-215
- Martin Buber I and Thou
- Hannah Arendt the Portable 323-324
- Hannah Arendt the Portable 339-341
- Hannah Arendt the Portable 365
- Hannah Arendt the Portable 379