UCL - Advanced studies in Cultural Anthropology

[FILO2310]

[30h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 2d semester.

Teacher(s): Nathalie Frogneux

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
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Aims

Upon completion of the course the student shall be able to :
o identify several broad tendencies in the philosophy of culture
o understand the conditions of intercultural dialogue
o relate questions of philsophy of culture to questions in cultural anthropology
o to take account of cultural dimensions within philosophical reflection

Main themes

The course will attempt to present concepts of culture, as well as certain elements of the evolution and interrelation of different cultures.
Various texts in philosophy and the humans sciences will be analyzed in the study of this notion of culture.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisites :
Reading knowledge of English sufficient to allow for the study of contempoaray texts in the philosophy of the human sciences