Speaking in clear and concise language, LaFleur never tries to bury the Analects in academic language, but brings it to life, for example sprinkling his lectures with connections to popular culture (e.g., The Simpsons). LaFleur takes us on a quest not only to understand better the vibrancy and veracity of a book compiled centuries ago-and not actually written by Confucius-but also to untangle the legacy of a teacher who was a failed administrator, a wandering adviser without steady employment, and an educator who taught for only five years. Then, integrating ideas from Western thinkers, poets, psychologists, and sociologists, he creates a comparative framework for understanding Confucius’s teachings as a means of appreciating human affairs and actions.

The Analects is an action plan to living, a how-to guidebook, and, as LaFleur maintains in The Great Courses: Books that Matter, as relevant now as it has been over the course of more than 2,000 years.Įmbracing a historian’s perspective and a philosopher’s breadth, La-Fleur’s lectures first help the audience understand what the Analects is in the context of Confucius’s life and turbulent times. Imagine a world in which you didn’t just read, but read, reread, read again, and lived a book.” This is the dynamic instruction that drives twenty-four half-hour lectures on Confucius and the Analects for listeners/viewers who are new to, or even those well-acquainted with, the teachings of one of China’s greatest thinkers and educators. “Imagine a world,” author/narrator Professor Robert André LaFleur suggests, “in which the gift of a book could change your life forever. 4642, available at ©2016 The Teaching Company By Carol Stepanchuk Look, learn, imagine, teach. Re-envisioning Asia: Contestations and Struggles in the Visual Artsĭownload PDF Author and Narrator: Professor Robert André LaFleur Course Guidebook (pdf download), 240 pages CDs and DVD, twenty-four half-hour-long lectures (also available as a video and audio download, and online subscription course) Course No.Distinguished Service to the Association for Asian Studies Award.Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award.Striving for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Asian Studies: Humanities Grants for Asian Studies Scholars.Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asian Studies.

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