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136-022 Anthropological Debates | |
Note | Formerly available as 136-476. Students who have completed 136-476 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Roger Just |
Prerequisites | Entry to fourth year Honours. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject offers an historical overview of the principal approaches to theory, method and forms of explanation that have shaped anthropology in the twentieth century. It traces the dominant anthropological traditions in Britain, the United States and France from functionalism through to poststructuralism, and critically examines the historically changing conception of the scope and aim of anthropology and its philosophical underpinning. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | Reading lists and material will be made available. |
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