| AQ-50803-13 | Education Programs: Enduring Questions: Pilot Course Grants | Suffolk University | NEH Enduring Questions Course on "What Is the Meaning of Life?" | 5/1/2013 - 7/31/2015 | $24,953.00 | Evgenia | | Cherkasova | | | | Suffolk University | Boston | MA | 02108-2770 | USA | 2013 | Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Enduring Questions: Pilot Course Grants | Education Programs | 24953 | 0 | 24951.98 | 0 | The development of a first-year seminar to explore the question, What is the meaning of life?
The proposed Seminar for Freshmen "What is the meaning of Life?" offers a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary exploration of the questions related to life-meaning through philosophical and religious texts, art, fiction, poetry, autobiography, and psychological studies. The course is divided into three units: 1) A Life Worth Living: Humanity's Ideals focuses on the ancient and modern visions of human flourishing; 2) Threats to Meaning: Humanity's Discontents, discusses the disillusionments leading to the loss of meaning; 3) Recovery of Meaning: Crises and Hopes, presents possibilities of self-discovery and growth as a result of a major crisis. The course will be open to all majors and will draw from intellectual, artistic, and religious traditions of Europe, Asia, and America. |