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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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