Syllabi
September 5, 2018
Asceticism: Self-Discipline in Comparative Perspective
- Topics
- Religion and Selected Topics > Spirituality > Study of Religion > Comparative Approaches to Religion
- Course Level Format
- undergraduate
- Instructor & Institution
- Jessica Starling, Lewis and Clark College
- Course Term & Year
- Fall
A 2017 course by Jessica Starling examines "acts of self-discipline in a variety of cultural contexts, including Eastern (Jain, Hindu, Buddhist), Western (Stoic, Christian mystic), and modern secular (eco-activism, fasting diets, and extreme exercise regimes)" and through this "various understandings of the self, the body, desire, liberation and virtue."