Social and cultural anthropology
[PSP1124]
[30h] 3 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s): Alain Reyniers
Language: French
Level: First
Aims
- to supply a coherent survey of the major themes constituting the main currents of the anthropological thinking.
Main themes
- definition of basic concepts such as "culture", "system", "social relationships", "acculturation", "participating observation"... while developing synchronic (intercultural comparisons) and diachronic (intracultural comparisons along time) reference frame.
- accross illustrative themes (ex : family, death, madness), development of 4 main issues:
a) the cultural diversity and its nature
b) the cultural causality and assessment as unyielding sizes of man
c) the relationship between the cultural and the psychic
d) how these major themes have been considered by various schools.
Content and teaching methods
- definition of basic concepts such as "culture", "system", "social relationships", "acculturation", "participating observation"... while developing synchronic (intercultural comparisons) and diachronic (intracultural comparisons along time) reference frame.
- accross illustrative themes (ex : family, death, madness), development of 4 main issues:
a) the cultural diversity and its nature
b) the cultural causality and assessment as unyielding sizes of man
c) the relationship between the cultural and the psychic
d) how these major themes have been considered by various schools.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Course outline