ANTH 348: Ideas of Culture
Class handouts

Science and anthropology

• The relationship between theory and method

• Science

• Four subfields of anthropology, induction & deduction

• Major schools of thought

19th Century Evolutionism (I would strongly encourage you to look at the entries for each individual school of thought at Anthropological Theories: A Guide for Students Prepared by Students)

• Major works of 19th century

• Evolutionary schemes

• Quotes from 2 famous DWEMs

• Modeling Marxist theory

Boasian Historical Particularism

• Major works of the Boasian era

• Boasian era quotes

  • Elvin Hatch article

  • Summary of article

Culture & Personality

• Major works in Culture and Personality school

Functionalism

• Major works in Functionalist school

• Common dichotomies in anthropology and sociology

• Some functionalist quotes (Malinowski and Durkheim)

• PPT presentation

Midterm Study Guide

Final exam Study Guide

Writing Assignments

• WRITING ASSIGNMENT #1

• WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2

• WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3

• Quizzes 8 & 9

Neoevolutionism (PPT)

Cultural materialism (diagram)

Claude Levi-Strauss and Structuralism

Symbolic anthropology

Feminist anthropology

Postmodernism

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