Good Life Midterm – Flashcards
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The history
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being blessed is judged by how you die; riches don't make you blessed; translated: David Greene
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The history
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Croesus: learned hard way that wealthy materials don't measure good life; herodotus
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Five-Fold Happiness
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luck, prosperity, longevity, happiness, wealth; By: Viven Sung
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The Roots of Ayurveda
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"three pillars"; will for life, drive for prosperity, aspiration for a world beyond; prohibits against "three diseases"; Dominik Wujastyk
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The "three pillars"
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Roots of Ayurveda; food, sleep, chastity
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The "three diseases"
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Roots of Ayurveda; (prohibitions against) overuse, underuse, abuse
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Thinking About the Good Life
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Herodotus, The Roots of Ayurveda, Five-Fold Happiness, Killing Joy: Feminism and the History of Happiness, "Happiness After September 11" Welcome to the Desert of the Real
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Happiness After September 11
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3 fundamental conditions (for happiness): material needs, blame Other(take no responsibility), Other place to dream about; Slavoj Zizek
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Happiness After September 11
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Knowledge about other's knowledge; is knowing too much bad?; hypocritical (ex. we don't really want full employment), fear our demands being met; Slavoj Zizek
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Killing Joy: Feminism and the History of Happiness
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we don't know what we wish for when we wish for happiness; Sara Ahmed
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Killing Joy: Feminism and the History of Happiness
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script to be happy interrupts our journey to happiness; Sara Ahmed
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Happiness After September 11
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we're happiest when striving to get something
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Seeking the Good Life
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Siddhartha, Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
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Siddhartha
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Herman Hesse; how to know self, how to live a spiritually fulfilled life
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Siddhartha
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Journey: father's house->wanderer->life of excess->ferryman
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Siddhartha
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Herman Hesse; is enlightenment related to others expectations?, can't learn enlightenment, time does not exist
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
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Max Webber; contrast between economic rationalism and seeking good life
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
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Max Webber; protestants are rational(don't think of spiritual aspect), never be lazy(no day of rest)/always working-resting is wasting $$,
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Celebrating the Good Life
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"Ode to Joy", The Sabbath "A Palace in Time", A First-Hand Account from Slutwalk, Reclaiming the Feminist Politics of 'Slutwalk'
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"Ode to Joy"
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Beethoven; music is universal
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The Sabbath "A Palace in Time"
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Abraham Joshua Heschel; "Labor is a craft, but the perfect rest is an art"
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The Sabbath "A Palace in Time"
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Heschel; work to rest, everything revolves around rest
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A First-Hand Account from Slutwalk
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Clair McCormack; celebrating a political protest; Toronto Police Constable Michael Sanguinetti: "slut"; take back the night
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Reclaiming Feminist Politics of 'Slutwalk'
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Borah and Nandi; India held slutwalk, not popular; Western ideas didn't fit into culture/society
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Reclaiming Feminist Politics of 'Slutwalk'
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Borah and Nandi; adhered to only one group, different classes
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Rebecca Skloot; medical science changed radically, cervical cancer, cells lived on
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Dr Grey took cells, discovered hela cells; family uneducated
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Hela Cells
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Henrietta Lacks, first cells to grow in culture, medical research, now all over the world
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"Our Barbie, Ourselves"
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Emily Prager; designed by Jack Ryan, Ken is private, Barbie isnt
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Jack Ryan
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created Barbie-to counteract feminist movement, designed weapons
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Mercy
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Andrea Dworkin; at what point are our bodies violated, is it ever okay?; Jewish, conformed to what adults said
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Embodying the Good Life
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"Our Barbie, Ourselves", The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Mercy
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The Painted Desert
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Geraldine Brooks; Aboriginals claimed ownership to land through paintings, created as a community (their stories)
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The Painted Desert
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Geraldine Brooks; art is now glass encased in Melborne, Australia in museum; community/world owns painting
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The Painted Desert
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Geraldine Brooks; storm came after 1st painting was sold ($213,000)-> sacrificed 2nd painting to gods
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The Cinematic Christ-Figure
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Anton Karl Kozlovic; Jesus is an archetype; come into world by divine order, not from same world, begin mission @ approx. age 30
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The Cinematic Christ-Figure
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Anton Karl Kozlovic; Judas, Mary, John; names usually play on words of Jesus (J.C, Chris)
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Judas
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Cinematic Christ-Figure; betrays Christ for personal gain
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Mary
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Cinematic Christ-Figure; related to Christ, can't express romantic interest
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John
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Cinematic Christ-Figure; leads Christ-Figure
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Chivalric Conspiracies
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Susan Aronstein and Robert Torry; DaVinci Code, National Treasure, offers reassurance after 9/11
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DaVinci Code
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Chivalric Conspiracies; movie (not book)-affirmation of faith, "what matters is what you believe"
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DaVinci Code
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Chivalric Conspiracies; looking for holy grail to prove Jesus was immoral
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National Treasure
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Chivalric Conspiracies; looking for temple treasure, political-resotres faith in America; parallels a generation that lost faith(70s) but the restores it
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Southland
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discrimination, degrading, racist
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Owning the Good Life
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The Painted Desert, The Cinematic Christ-Figure, Chivalric Conspiracies, Southland Performance
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Sustaining the Good Life
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The Land Ethic, WALL-E
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The Land Ethic
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Aldo Leopold
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Aldo Leopold
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Father of wildlife management, conservationist, philosopher, writer, foster
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Aldo Leopold
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Balance between hunting and eating animals and animals eating each other
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Aldo Leopold
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people should eat food from farmers market/home; land is community
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WALL-E
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How humanity changes as Earth changes
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Anton Karl Kozlovic
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The Cinematic Christ-Figure
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Dominik Wujastyk
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The Roots of Ayurveda
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Geraldine Brooks
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The Painted Desert
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Slavoj Zizek
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Happiness After September 11
