| List of additional readings on erez for Anthropology 3700, "Works and
Ideas of Great Anthropologists" [Prof Canfield]
*Isaiah Berlin, 1974. “The Counter Englightenment”.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas. [110-112]
*George Stocking, 1982 [195-233]: "Franz Boas and the Concept
of Culture," pp. 195-233] in Race, Culture and Evolution [UChic 0226774945]
*Derek Freeman, 1983 [pp 34-61] Ch 3, "The Lauching of Cultural Determinism";
Ch 4 "Boas Proposes and Intractable Problem," Margaret Mead and Samoa.
[HarvISBN 0-674-54830-2]
*John W. Bennett, 1998 [pp. 219-256], "Psychology and Anthropology:
Modes of Interface ..." in Classic Anthropoology [Transaction Press
1-56000-333-2]
*George Stocking, 1995 [pp. 304 -338] "Anarchy Brown in the Andamans
and Australia ...; etc.", in After Tylor. [UWis 0299145840]
*Robert Redfield. 1941. [pp. ix-xxi; 1-18] "Preface", "Table
of Contents", "The Peninsula of Yucatan," in Folk Cultures of Yucatan.
*Edmund Leach. 1954. "Introduction," Political Systems
of Highland Burma.
*Fredrik Barth. 1959. “Segmentary Opposition and the Theory
of Games.” J of the Royal Anthropological Institute 89:5-21.
*Fredrik Barth. 1969. "Introduction" [9-18],
from Ethnic Groups and Boundaries;
*Julian Steward. 1955. Selections [pp. 18-29, 36-42] from
Theory of Culture Change.
*Elman Service. 1962. Selections from Primitive Social Organization.
*Marvin Harris. 1968. "Introduction", from Rise of Anthropological
Theory.
*Marvin Harris. 1979. "Theoretical Principles of Cultural Materialism,"
from Cultural Materialism.
*Eric R. Wolf. 1956. "Aspects of group relations in a complex
society."
*Eric R. Wolf. 1979. "Introduction" and selections
from Ch 3, Europe and the People without History. [UCalif 0520048989]
*Malcomb Crick. 1976: "The Structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss,"
from Explorations in Language and Meaning.
*Clifford Geertz. 1973. “Thick description” [3-30], from
The Interpretation of Culture.
*Marshall Sahlins. 1976. “Preface” and Ch 1: "Marxism
and Two Structuralisms" [pp vii - ix, 1-23], in Culture and Practical Reason.
*Marshall Sahlins. 1981. [Selections] Historical Metaphors
and Mythical Realities. ISBN: 0472027212
*Pierre Bourdieu. 1972. Selections [pp 1-9, 72-87, 171-174],
from Outline of a Theory of Practice.
*Raymond Williams. 1977. “Selections from Marxism and Literature”
[585- 608] from A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory.
*David Harvey. 1990. Selections [pp 39-53, 356-359] from
The Condition of Post-modernism [Blackwell 0631162941]
*James Clifford. 1986. "Introduction: Partial Truths."
Writing Culture [pp 2-11] [UCalif 0520057295]
*Michael Fischer. “Postmodernism,” pp 368b – 372a, in, Dictionary
of Anthropology.
*Benedict Anderson, pp. 37-46, "Origins of National Consciousness,"
Imagined Communities. [Verso 0860915468].
*M-R Trouillot, “An unthinkable history” from Silencing the Past. Pp.
70-108.
Ong: "Anthropology, China and modernities: the geopolitics of
cultural knowledge."
AN3700 Course Schedule: [fall 2007]
* = in the course packet; MW = in McGee and Warms
DISCUSSION TOPICS FOR THIS DAY
8/27/2008 W Syllabus, Introduction. Importance of cultural
theory for anthropological interpretation generally.
8/28/2008 Th
Unit I: Pre-professional and early professional
anthropology
8/29/2008 F Pre-professional period: Age of Discovery; Enlightenment,
Counter Enlightenment. Reading assignment: *“Counter-Enlightenment”
by Isaiah Berlin.Lecture: Age of Discovery; Hobbes; modernity concept
[modo]; Voltaire; Enlightenment / Counter Enlightenment
8/30/2008 S
8/31/2008 X
9/1/2008 M Break
9/2/2008 T
9/3/2008 W Nineteenth Century materialism and mechanism: Marx
Reading assignment: MW [54-61] [OPTIONAL 62-66]: Marx-Engels, "Feuerbach:
Opposition of the Materialist and Idealist Outlook"; Wolf pp. 73-79 of
Europe and the People without History . Lecture: Marx: dialectical materialism;
evolution
9/4/2008 Th
9/5/2008 F Beginning of the professional period: Civilization
and Evolution in the Nineteenth Century: Tylor and Morgan. Reading
Assignment: MW[5-11] Nineteenth Century Evolutionism; Tylor: Science of
culture MW [28-32a] [OPTIONAL 32-42]; Morgan: "Ethnical Periods." [43-46
and 49 "Recapitulation"] [OPTIONAL 47-54]. Lecture: Tylor and Morgan:
Kinship; Stages of evolution.
9/6/2008 S
9/7/2008 X
9/8/2008 M Classic formulations: Functionalism: Durkheim
Reading assignment: MW [69-72] "Foundations of Sociological Thought";
MW 5 [73-79]: Durkheim: "What is a Social Fact?" Lecture:
Durkheim
9/9/2008 T
9/10/2008 W Classic formulations: German Romanticism and
Meaning: Max Müller and Max Weber. On Müller a class
handout; On Weber, ERES "The Social Psychology of the World Religions,"
267-301 [Required: 267-282]. Gerth and Mills, From Max Weber.
9/11/2008 Th
Unit II: American cultural determinism before WWII
9/12/2008 F Classic formulations: Boas, Historical Particularism
and Cultural Determinism Reading assignment: MW [128-132]:
"Historical Particularism"; *Stocking [195-233]: "Franz Boas and the Concept
of Culture," pp. 195-233 in Race, Culture and Evolution [UChic 0226774945]
Lecture: Boas and the concept of culture
9/13/2008 S
9/14/2008 X
9/15/2008 M Classic formulations: Boas, Culture against
Race Reading Assignment: *Derek Freeman [34 - 61]: Ch 3, "The Launching
of Cultural Determinism"; Ch 4, "Boas Proposes an Intractable Problem,"
in Margaret Mead and Samoa. Lecture: Boas, Mead (Coming of Age in
Samoa, 1927), and the nature/nurture controversy
9/16/2008 T
9/17/2008 W Classic formulations: Culture and Personality:
Margaret Mead Reading Assignment: *Bennett, Classic Anthropology
pp. 219-256, "Psychology and Anthropology: Modes of Interface ..."
Lecture: Other conceptions of Personality and Culture. G. H.
Mead; G. Bateson
9/18/2008 Th
9/19/2008 F Culture in a regional context Reading assignment:
*Redfield, “Preface,” “Table of Contents,” and [pp 1-18]: "The Peninsula
of Yucatan," from Folk Cultures of Yucatan. Lecture: Peasants:
Redfield's folk-urban continuum; Kroeber's part-societies.
9/20/2008 S
9/21/2008 X
9/22/2008 M Review
9/23/2008 T
9/24/2008 W Examination on Units I and II
9/25/2008 Th
Unit III. British Social Anthropology
9/26/2008 F British functionalism: Malinowski. Reading
Assignment: ERES: *“The Group and the individual in functional
analysis” [Reprinted in Anthropology and Theory, pp 88-99. plus:
MW editor’s notes only from ch 13 [163-179] [Malinowski: "Essentials of
the Kula"]. Lecture: Malinowski's participant observation;
potential shift in his views. Later views: function; instrumental
behavior; myth and function.
9/27/2008 S
9/28/2008 X
9/29/2008 M British functionalism: Radcliffe-Brown Reading
Assignment: ERES: “Mother’s Brother in South Africa.”
9/30/2008 T
10/1/2008 W British functionalism: Evans-Pritchard's segmentary
lineage. Reading assignment: ERES *Evans-Pritchard “The Nuer
of the Souther Sudan”: Lecture: E-P: The segmentary lineage;
Fortes: Dynamics of Clanship among the Talensi
10/2/2008 Th
10/3/2008 F British functionalism: Critique by Edmund Leach.
Reading Assignment: *Leach: “Introduction,” Political Systems
of Highland Burma.
10/4/2008 S
10/5/2008 X
10/6/2008 M British functionalism: Critique by Fredrik
Barth Reading Assignment: *Barth [5-21]: "Segmentary Opposition
and the Theory of Games,"
10/7/2008 T
10/8/2008 W Ethnicity and plural societies.Reading assignment:
ERES. *Barth [9-18], "Introduction," from Ethnic Groups and Boundaries;
[OPTIONAL Abner Cohen, "Introduction," from Custom and Politics in Urban
Africa] Lecture: Barth: ethnicity: A. Cohen: ethnicity and custom and politics
10/9/2008 Th
Unit IV: American Materialism after WW II
10/10/2008 F Neo-evolutionism II a : Steward’s patrilineal
band. Reading assignment: MW [226--229]: "Re-emergence of evolutionary
thought" MW 248-252; 257-263] [Intermediate pages are OPTIONAL]: Steward:
"Patrilineal Band";
10/11/2008 S
10/12/2008 X
10/13/2008 M Neo-evolutionism I: Neo-Evolution: Reading
assignment: MW 229-232]: White: "Energy and the Evolution of Culture".
*Steward, Selections from Theory of Culture Change [pp 18-29, 36-42]; *Service,
selections from Primitive Social Organization Lecture: White:
Energy and evolution; Steward "Multilinear Evolution"
10/14/2008 T
10/15/2008 W A Philosophically Explicit Cultural materialism:
Harris. Reading assignment: *Harris, "Theoretical Principles of Cultural
Materialism," pp 46-60, in Cultural Materialism [Random H 0394412400];
*Harris, "Introduction", from The Rise of Anthropological Theory.
10/16/2008 TU
10/17/2008 F BREAK
10/18/2008 S
10/19/2008 X
10/20/2008 M Neo-civilizational studies: Peasants and cultural
brokers: Wolf. Reading assignment: *Wolf: "Aspects of group
relations in a complex society." Lecture: Wolf on peasants, history,
and civilizations: Cultural brokers: “Two types ...”, “Virgin of Guadalupe
...”, “Closed corporate peasant communities”, Sons of the Shaking Earth.
10/21/2008 T
10/22/2008 W The New Personality and Culture: Anthony Wallace
Reading Assignment: “Revitalization Movements” AA [1956] 58: 264-281.
10/23/2008 Th
10/24/2008 F Review for exam
10/25/2008 S
10/26/2008 X
10/27/2008 M Examination on Units III and IV
Unit V: Reactions to American Materialism
10/28/2008 T
10/29/2008 W Structuralism: Levi-Strauss [T-P]
Reading assignment: ERES. *Crick:"The Structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss,"
from Explorations in Language and Meaning. Lecture: Levi-Strauss
and linguistic models for cultural analysis. [OPTIONAL MW 345-347.
Structuralism; MW 347-362: Levi-Srauss, "Structural Analysis in Linguistics
and Anthropology".]
10/30/2008 Th
10/31/2008 F A Boasian/structuralist anti-materialist reaction.
Reading assignment: *Sahlins, Ch 1: "Marxism and Two Structuralisms," pp
1-23 from Culture and Practical Reason. Lecture: Sahlins and the
cultural determinist reaction.
11/1/2008 S
11/2/2008 X
11/3/2008 M A new use of structuralism Reading Assignment:
*Sahlins [Preface and Chs 1 and 2] Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities
Lecture: Structure in the event
11/4/2008 T
11/5/2008 W "Anti-materialist reactions: Interpretivism Ia: Geertz
Reading assignment: *Geertz: “Thick Description”, in The Interpretation
of Culture. Lecture: Geertz’s challenge to materialism.
11/6/2008 Th
11/7/2008 F Anti-materialist reactions: Interpretivism
Ib: Geertz. Reading assignment: *Geertz: Religion as a Cultural
System
11/8/2008 S
11/9/2008 X
11/10/2008 M Anti-materialist reactions: Interpretivism II:
Turner Reading assignment: MW39 [536-553]: Turner, "Symbols
in Ndembu Ritual" Lecture: Turner
11/11/2008 T
Unit VI: Recent Contributions
11/12/2008 W Revised reflections on Marx: Gramscian notions
of hegemony. Reading assignment: *Raymond Williams, “Selections
from Marxism and Literature”, pp. 585-608 [Pagination from Culture/Power/History,
edited by Dirks, Eley, and Ortner.]
11/13/2008 Th
11/14/2008 F Practice theory: Bourdieu. Reading assignment:
*Bourdieu, selections [pp 1-9, 72-87, 171-174], Outline of a Theory of
Practice. Lecture: Practice theory [Bourdieu, Ortner, Sahlins]
11/15/2008 S
11/16/2008 X
11/17/2008 M The post-modernist critique. Reading
assignment: *Harvey, [pp 39-53] from The Condition of Post-modernism; *Clifford,
"Introduction: Partial Truths," [pp 2-11] from Writing Culture.; *Fischer,
“Postmodern,” Dictionary of Anthropology, pp 368b – 372a.
11/18/2008 T
11/19/2008 W Responses to the post-modernists. Reading assignment:
*Harvey, [pp. 356-369]; *Lindholm "Logical and Moral Problems of Postmodernism"
JRAI 1997. Vol 3(4): 747-760.
11/20/2008 Th
11/21/2008 F Responses to the post-modernists: Reading
assignment: *Aihwa Ong: "Anthropology, China and modernities:
the geopolitics of cultural knowledge." pp 60-64 and 84-86 [intermediate
pp are OPTIONAL]. In: H.L. Moore 1996. The Future of Anthropological
Knowledge.
11/22/2008 S
11/23/2008 X
11/24/2008 M Another Viewpoint: Reading Assignment: *B.
Anderson [37-46], "Origins of National Consciousness," Imagined Communities.
11/25/2008 T
11/26/2008 W BREAK
11/27/2008 Th
11/28/2008 F BREAK
11/29/2008 S
11/30/2008 X
12/1/2008 M ERES. Appadurai, "Grassroots Globalization
and the Research Imagination." Public Culture 12: 1-19, 2000.
12/2/2008 T
12/3/2008 W *Bailey [97-129], “Do what you will?” Ch 4, In The
Prevalence of Deceit.
12/4/2008 Th
12/5/2008 F Review
12/6/2008 S
12/7/2008 X
12/8/2008 M
12/9/2008 T
12/10/2008 W
12/11/2008 Th
12/12/2008 F FINALS
12/13/2008 S
12/14/2008 X
12/15/2008 M FINALS
12/16/2008 T
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