SAN235 History of Social Anthropology

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Matouš Jelínek, M.Phil. (lecturer)
Eva Kotašková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marie Láníková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 17:00–18:30 M117
Prerequisites
Ability to read academic literature in English.
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides a survey of the anthropological history. It presents the main paradigms and representatives of anthropological thought. The course focus on evolutionism, functionalism, konfigurationism, symbolic anthropology, structuralism, and interpretative anthropology.
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • Evolutionism Edward Burnett Tylor, James George Frazer, Lewis Henry Morgan
  • Science about society: social fact and collective conscioussness Émile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss
  • Historical Particularism and Difusionism Franz Boas, Ratzel, Frobenius
  • Funktionalism Bronislaw Malinowski
  • Responses to Funktionalism Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown, Edward Evans-Pritchard
  • Configurationsism, culture and personality Ruth Benedictová, Margaret Meadová, Edward Sapir
  • Symbolic and interpretative anthropology 1 Clifford Geertz
  • Symbolic and interpretative anthropology 2 Victor Turner, Mary Douglas
  • Marxist Anthropology, Cultural Materialism Maurice Godelier, Claude Meillassoux, Eric Wolf, Sidney Mintz, Marvin Harris
  • Conclusion, Evaluation of course, quiz
Literature
    required literature
  • KANOVSKÝ, Martin. Kultúrna a sociálna antropológia : osobnosti a teórie. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Chronos, 2004, 249 s. ISBN 8089027105. info
    recommended literature
  • KANOVSKÝ, Martin. Štruktúra mýtov :štrukturálna antropológia Clauda Lévi-Straussa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Cargo, 2001, 151 s. ISBN 80-902952-2-3. info
Teaching methods
lectures, critical reading of texts, discussions, group projects
Assessment methods
- written test with both open and closed questions - essay - final oral examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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