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- 17Sp ANTH 7020-001 (CGAS)
HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY II
ANTH 7020 HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY II
3.0 DAMON
W 5:00-7:30 PM Brooks Hall, 103
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course analyzes the main schools of anthropological thought since World War II, a half century during which separate English, French, and American traditions have influenced each other to produce a broad and subtle international discipline. Through papers and class discussion, the course will produce a record for each student of the main lines in Anthropological/Sociological thought from 1945 to the present. In each section the point will be to learn from the past as well as define possible futures from it.
Introduction January 18th
1) "20th Century French Sociology" (1945) by Claude Lévi-Strauss in Twentieth Century Sociology. Edited by Georges Gurvitch and Wilbert E. Moore. Publication info: New York Philosophical Library 1945 HM51 .G85 1945
2) "Social Structure" (1963[1952, ‘53; ‘58]) by Claude Lévi‑Strauss's chapter XV in Structural Anthropology, Pp. 277-323.
3) "The Epistemological Foundations to Malinowski's Empiricism" (1957) by Edmund R. Leach in Man and culture; an evaluation of the work of Bronislaw Malinowski. Edited by Raymond Firth GN8 .F5 Publication info: London, Routledge & K. Paul [1968, c1957]
4) Martin Nicolaus's 'Foreword' (1973) to Marx's Grundrise, Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy, translated with a Foreword by Martin Nicolaus, 7-63
[5) “TRANSCENDENTAL NONSENSE AND THE FUNCTIONAL APPROACH) (1935) by Felix S. Cohen. For an interesting but largely dead end swirl off early 20th century Anthropology]
II. ‘Exchange’ and Its Legacy (Weeks 2-6) January 18th- February 22nd
A. Lévi-Strauss and The Elementary Structures of Kinship
Additional readings from Bohannan, Needham and Kuper
B. Anthropology and Marx? Between Gifts and Commodities and World-systems Theory
In class reports on Wallerstein, Wolf and Mintz.
(Two papers: on The Elementary Structures of Kinship and Gifts and Commodities)
III ‘Ritual’ and Its Legacy (Weeks 7-10) February 22nd-March 29th
A. The Contribution from ‘Africa’
E.E. Evans-Pritchard & Victor Turner
The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure (1966 /1995) Victor Turner
B. The Contribution from ‘the Indo-Pacific’
Marshall Sahlins and J. Stephen Lansing
C. Miscellany in ritual analysis—in the wake of The Savage Mind (& Purity and Danger)
(Two papers: one on Evans-Pritchard and Victor Turner, the other on intensive review of some of our additional writers dealing with the analysis of ritual.)
IV Anthropology and the environment (11-14) March 29th- May 10th (due date for final paper
A. Historical Ecology and
Crumley et. al. and Yancey Orr, J. Stephen Lansing, and Michael R. Dove.
B. Monographic realism?
Tsing and Damon
(Two papers: one on Historical Ecology and the Yancey-Lansing Review, the other on forms of knowledge inscribed in the Tsing & Damon books. One of these essays should strive to reflect upon the course as a whole; the other should project forward into your presumed research ideas.)
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ANTH 7020 (10350) HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY II
3.0 DAMON
W 5:00-7:30 PM Brooks Hall, 103
Office hours M: 1(2)-5pm & by appointment
(3/8 2017)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Analyzes the main schools of anthropological thought since World War II, a seventy year period during which separate English, French, and American traditions have influenced each other to produce a broad and subtle international discipline. You must think of the papers you produce throughout the semester not as finished products but rather benchmarks for your return study.
Introduction January 18th
1) "20th Century French Sociology" (1945) by Claude Lévi-Strauss in Twentieth Century Sociology. Edited by Georges Gurvitch and Wilbert E. Moore. 503-521
2) "Social Structure" (1963[1952, ‘53; ‘58]) by Claude Lévi‑Strauss's chapter XV in Structural Anthropology, Pp. 277-323.
3) "The Epistemological Foundations to Malinowski's Empiricism" (1957) by Edmund R. Leach in Man and culture; an evaluation of the work of Bronislaw Malinowski. Edited by Raymond Firth GN8 .F5 Publication info: London, Routledge & K. Paul [1968, c1957] 119-137.
4) Martin Nicolaus's 'Foreword' (1973) to Marx's Grundrise, Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy, translated with a Foreword by Martin Nicolaus, 7-63
5) “Transcendental Nonsense and the Functionalist Method” by Felix S. Cohen 1935 Columbia Law Review XXXV(6): 809-489.
II. ‘Exchange’ and Its Legacy (Weeks 2-6) January 18th- February 22nd
A. Lévi-Strauss and The Elementary Structures of Kinship
(January 18-February 8)
[Miscellanea: http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/philosopher-among-the-indians/]
Bohannan, Paul. 1955. “Some Principles of Exchange and Investment among the Tiv.” American Anthropologist, NS. 57(1, Part 1):60-70.
Needham, Rodney 1962 Chapter 4, “Analysis,” in Structure and Sentiment Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Pp. 74-100.
Kuper, Adam. 1993 “The 'House' and Zulu Political Structure in the Nineteenth Century” The Journal of African History 34(3): 469-487.
First paper on ESK due Friday 2/10, 10pm
B. Anthropology and Marx? Between Gifts and Commodities and World-systems Theory February 10-February 24
February 15 in class reports on Wallerstein’s The Modern World-System, Vol. I-IV (1973-2011); Wolf’s Europe and the People Without History (1982); and Mintz’s Sweetness and Power (1985).
The Modern World-System, Vol. I Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century;
The Modern World-System, Vol. II Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European World-Economy, 1600–1750
The Modern World-System, Vol. III: The Second Era of Great Expansion of the Capitalist World-Economy, 1730s–1840s
The Modern World-System, Vol. IV: Centrist Liberalism Triumphant, 1789–1914
February 22: Gregory’s Gifts and Commodities
Ho, Shaohua, (ms) “Melting Down the Emperor and Stitching up Shidong Miao History
Second paper ‘on’ G&C due Friday 2/24, 10pm
III ‘Ritual,’ Ordered Categories and Their Legacies (7-10) February 22nd-March 29th
A. The Contribution from ‘Africa’
Nuer Religion (1956) E.E. Evans-Pritchard (2/22)
The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure (1966 /1995) Victor Turner (3/1)
Damon: on the writings of TO Beidelman: Utani & ‘Swazi Royal Ritual’
Third paper ‘on’ Nuer Religion & The Ritual Process due Friday 3/16, 10pm
B. The Contribution from ‘the Indo-Pacific’
Islands of History (1987) Marshall Sahlins
Perfect Order (2006) J. Stephen Lansing
C. Miscellany in ritual analysis—in the wake of The Savage Mind (& Purity and Danger)
“Introductory Essay: Social Anthropology and Language” in Social anthropology and language; edited by Edwin Ardener, ix-cii. 1971
“The Mission of Metaphor in Expressive Culture” by James Fernandez Current Anthropology Vol. 15 (2): 119-145. 1974.
“DEEP PLAY: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight” by Clifford Geertz Daedalus 101(1): 1-37, 1972.
Sapir and Crocker?
“WHAT GOOD ARE ELECTIONS? An Anthropological Analysis of American Elections” by Frederick H. Damon Taiwan Journal of Anthropology 1(2):38-82. 2003.
“INTRODUCTION: A (RE)TURN TO CHAOS: Chaos theory, the Sciences, and Social Anthropological Theory,” by Mark Mosko In ON THE ORDR OF CHAOS: Social Anthropology and the Science of Chaos ed. By Mark S. Mosko and Frederick H. Damon, 1-46; or “FRACTAL FIGURATIONS: Homologies and Hierarchies in Kabre Culture” by Charles Piot in Mosko and Damon, 64-78.
Fourth paper ‘on’ ritual primarily from Islands of History & Perfect Order due Friday 4/7, 10pm
IV Anthropology and the environment (11-14) April 5th- May 12th
“Environmental Anthropology: Systemic Perspectives” by Yancey Orr, J. Stephen Lansing, and Michael R. Dove. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 2015. 44:153–68. First published online as a Review in Advance on July 31, 2015 The Annual Review of Anthropology is online at anthro.annualreviews.org. This article’s doi: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-102214-014159 Copyright _c 2015 by Annual Reviews.
Historical Ecology: Cultural Knowledge and Changing Landscapes (1994) edited by Carole Crumley. School of American Research Press
Fifth paper ‘on’ Orr, Lansing & Dove & Historical Ecology due Friday 4/17, 10pm
The Mushroom at the End of the World: (2015)
TREES, KNOTS AND OUTRIGGERS (2017)
Sixth paper ‘on’ ‘Mushrooms’ & ‘Trees’ due Friday 4/28, 10pm
Final Paper, due Friday 5/12
The Final Paper is to be a rapid rewriting of one of your previous 6 bending it towards your own research plan. Perhaps: Given this, I must do what?