FF:RLB33 Anthropology of Religion - Course Information
RLB33 Anthropology of Religion
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2012
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Danijela Jerotijević, PhD. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- each even Monday 17:30–19:05 J22
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- RLA01 Introduction to Religion || RLKA01 Introduction to Religion
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Study of Religions (programme FF, B-HS)
- Study of Religions (programme FF, B-PH) (3)
- Course objectives
- This course is an introduction into the social anthropological inquiry of religions both in the context of "primitive cultures" as well as in the context of modernity. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and be able to explain: the basics of the social anthropological perspective on religion; discursive transformations of recent social anthropology of religion; classical approaches to the anthropological study of religious ideas, practices and institutions; critical perspective on key themes and debates in the social anthropological discourse on recent religions.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introductory information to the course
- 2. The perspective of social anthropology and its object of study
- 3. Discourse transformations in social anthropology and the challenge of colonialism
- 4. Social anthropology as praxis
- 5. The main theoretical perspectives in social anthropology - an overview
- 6. The mystical world of the "primitive man" (Lucien Lévy-Bruhl)
- 7. Savage mind (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
- 8. Midterm exam - test
- 9. Maintenance and transformation of boundaries (Mary Douglas)
- 10. Interpretation of symbols and of religious worlds (Clifford Geertz)
- 11. Social anthropology of religion in modern societies I.
- 12. Social anthropology of religion in modern societies II.
- 13. Final exam - test
- Literature
- Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. Edited by Robert Francis Murphy - Hana Červinková. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 267 s. ISBN 80-85850-53-2. info
- KANOVSKÝ, Martin. Kultúrna a sociálna antropológia : osobnosti a teórie. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Chronos, 2004, 249 s. ISBN 8089027105. info
- SOUKUP, Václav. Dějiny antropologie : (encyklopedický přehled dějin fyzické antropologie, paleoantropologie, sociální a kulturní antropologie). Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 667 stran. ISBN 8024603373. info
- SOUKUP, Václav. Přehled antropologických teorií kultury. Vydání druhé. Praha: Portál, 2004, 229 stran. ISBN 8071789291. info
- KOTTAK, Conrad Phillip. Mirror for humanity : a concise introduction to cultural anthropology. 2nd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill College, 1999, xxi, 314. ISBN 0072901713. info
- BOWIE, Fiona. The anthropology of religion : an introduction. 2nd ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Pub., 2006, x, 332. ISBN 140512105X. info
- Assessment methods
- Teaching: lectures; seminars. Requirements: active participation in seminar discussions; presentation; written exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučující.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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