ANTH 535: Anthropology and the Human Condition: Seminar I

ANTH 535-001: Anth/Human Condition: Sem I
(Fall 2016)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W

Music Theater Building 1004

Section Information for Fall 2016

This is the first semester of a two-semester pro-seminar sequence required for graduate students in the MA program in anthropology. Students will explore the history of anthropological theory and ethnographic practice. This course is organized around an in depth discussion of the formation of anthropology, both as an academic discipline and mode of inquiry, with particular attention to the concepts of culture and society.

 

We will look specifically at the emergence of anthropology out of the nineteenth century concerns over the nature of “primitive” and evolutionary theory and continue with the formalization and institutionalization of the discipline of anthropology in the twentieth century. During the course we will also look at some of the internal and external critiques of anthropology, as well as debates over its core analytical concepts.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Examines some of the major theorists of 19th- and early 20th-century cultural theory. Marx, Freud, Durkheim, and Weber are surveyed as foundational thinkers for reading the works of such 20th-century theorists as Boas, Malinowski, Benedict, and Sapir. May not be repeated for credit.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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