SJSD 11F Sexual Diversities and Confucian and Taoist Scriptures

Examines Confucius’ Analects and excerpts from Mencius and Xunxi as well as Lao Tze’s Dao De Ching and excerpts from Chuang Tzu in light of the experience of sexual diversity.  Attention given to exegetical methods, hermeneutics, the history of interpretation, and the social location of the interpreter.   Topics to be discussed may include differing conceptions of embodiment, the meaning of gender, and the relation of propriety and “naturalness” in Confucian and Taoist scriptures and philosophy. May be repeated for credit.