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Symbolic systems anthropology : cosmology and environment [ LANTR2020 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  30.0 h   1q 

Teacher(s) Servais Olivier ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Main themes Through lectures and reading exercise the course will encounter … Authors such as : Douglas, Hallowell, Turner, Gauchet, Lévi-strauss, De Certeau, Leenhardt, Van der Leeuw, Dumezil, Mali-nowski, Leach, Goody, Otto, Van Gennep, Descola, Viveiros de Castro, Bastide, Girard, Frazer. Following subject and concepts such as : Myth, mythology, ideology, ritual, the symbolic, the belief, the conversion, the religion, the religious, the sa-cred, the secularization, totemism, animism, naturalism, the magic, the sorcery, shamanism, phenomenological approaches, structuralism and symbolic functionalism.
Aims At the end of the course : 1. the student will understand the main trends and great authors of symbolic systems anthropology. 2. the student will be able to develop a personal point of view about these trends.
Content The course Methodology : 1. Lecture of introduction (first lesson) 2. Previous article readings 3. Collective analysis and feedback about reading exercise 4. Final lecture: conclusion and synthesis.
Other information Pre-requisite : A first course in anthropology. Evaluation : Students' work will be appraised according to the jury system (cf. Master in Anthropology) Materials course : Texts portfolio will be distributed.
Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [120] in Sciences of Religions
> Master [120] in Sociology
> Master [60] in Sociology and Anthropology
> Master [60] in Philosophy
> Master [120] in Philosophy
> Teacher Training Certificate (upper secondary education) - Philosophy
> Master [120] in Ethics
> Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General
> Master [120] in Anthropology
> Certificat universitaire en sciences des religions
> Master [120] in Population and Development Studies
Faculty or entity
in charge
> PSAD


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