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Anthropological Thought in American and European History
ANTH383 SP

The history of anrhopological thought will be viewed as a recurrent struggle with two major problems: the need to find a unifying idea and an object proper to anthropology, which has led to the emergence of the concept of culture, and the need to formulate a theoretical vision of human society capable of dealing with such dilemmas as similarity and difference and continuity and change. The course will emphasize American, British and French thought from the Enlightenment and Romanticism through Vi ctorian anthropology and evolution/diffusion to social and cultural anthropology in Britain and the USA.

MAJOR READINGS

Vico, Weber, Marx, Comte, Tylor, Spencer, Morgan, Boas, Durkheim, Mauss, Freud, Radcliffe-Brown, Malinowski, Mead, Benedict

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Mid-term and final take-home essay projects.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Each week designated students will lead class discussions on questions posted on Web-board or e-mail. Students will be better prepared for this course if they have taken ANTH201.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Ohly,Sara H.   
Times: ....T.. 01:10PM-04:00PM;     Location: ANTH6
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 30)
SR. major: 13   Jr. major: 13
SR. non-major: 2   Jr. non-major: 2   SO: X   FR: X

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Speaking

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000


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