History of Anthropological Theory
The major schools of anthropological thought from the nineteenth century to the 1970s.
ANTH-301 Year 3 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Anthropology
Course content
- 1Anthropology and the EnlightenmentComing
- 2Nineteenth-century evolutionismComing
- 3Boas and historical particularismComing
- 4Durkheim and the sociological traditionComing
- 5Malinowski and functionalismComing
- 6Radcliffe-Brown and structural functionalismComing
- 7Culture and personalityComing
- 8Cultural ecology and neo-evolutionismComing
- 9StructuralismComing
- 10Symbolic and interpretive anthropologyComing
- 11Marxist and political economy approachesComing
- 12Reading theory in ethnographyComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
The major schools of anthropological thought from the nineteenth century to the 1970s.
Part of the Arts & Social Sciences stream, typically taken in year 3.