This slides are introductory ones to give a beginner level introduction to Eastern Philosophy. Many of the contents are from internet and I do not claim they are mine.

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 What is Philosophy?
 What are Religions?
 What are thoughts?
 What is history? More importantly, who gets to write
history?
 What is East?

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https://www.youtube.c
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 Animated map shows how religion spread around
the world

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 As all maps require orientation for reference, the issue of how to layout
the map orientation is as old as maps themselves. As map orientation is
completely arbitrary, it is not surprising that they differed throughout
time periods and regions.
 The convention of North-up is usually attributed to the Egyptian
astronomer Ptolemy (90-168 AD). Justifications for his north-up
approach vary.
 In the middle ages, East was often placed at top. This is the origin of
the term "The Orient" to refer to East Asia.
 During the age of exploration, European cartographers again followed
the north-up convention...perhaps because the North Star was their
fixed reference point for navigation, or because they wanted
(subconsciously or otherwise) to ensure Europe's claim at the top of the
world.
History of Map Orientation

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 While the orientation of a map might seem harmless, it can have a significant
effect on one's perception of the world, and the relative importance of the
different place in it.
 In speech, we often refer to places being "above" or "below" others. Think of
how you would say you're about to travel to the state or country to your north
or south (to go "down" to Kentucky from Indiana, or "up" to Canada from the
US). Without even mentioning geography, ask any grade school student
whether Mexico is "above" or "below" the United States. We're all familiar with
the "land down under".
 As we often correlate importance to relative height (think how a citizens of a
country will fly their flag higher than all other flags), the north-up convention
reinforces the idea that northern bodies are more important than their southern
neighbors. Suddenly, traveling "down" to the South might have an inference
much deeper than geographic location.
 To summarize, unconditionally accepting the north-up map convention
without at least appreciating the effect stands at odds with viewing all people
and places within the world equally.
 As you will see, viewing a South-up map is the perfect remedy...
Maps' Effect on World
Perception

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 Eastern philosophy or Asian philosophy includes the
various philosophies of South and East Asia, including
Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy, Buddhist
philosophy (dominant in Tibet, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and
Southeast Asia), Korean philosophy, and Japanese
philosophy.[1][2]
 According to Victoria S. Harrison, the category of
"Eastern philosophy", and similarly "Asian philosophy"
and "Oriental philosophy" is a product of 19th-century
Western scholarship and did not exist in East Asia or
India. This is because in Asia there is no single unified
philosophical tradition with a single root (Wikipedia)
Eastern Philosophy

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1. What is philosophy? Why is it “Eastern” Philosophy? Geo-
criticism and the World Map, Edward Said’s concept of
Other
2. Confucianism, Chinese Vs. Japanese Confucianism,
Political History, Ideological State Apparatus and Repressive
State Apparatus (Althusser)
3. Buddhism and Taoism
5. PowerPoint Presentation Skills and demo, Presentation
Topics: Eastern Philosophies in the Contemporary World:
literature, film, advertisements, Eastern Philosophies in
Western Literature
Topics for Midterm:

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 Eastern Philosophy (School of Life channel on
YouTube)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yZ8a_zAEl0
&list=PLwxNMb28XmpeUL1vz9Su7OmeghBDgmj7
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