Anthropology 445 - SYE:Magic,Religion and Myth

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St Lawrence University

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We are born, we live and we die. Although this is also true of other animals, only humans are aware of the precariousness of life and the inevitability of death. Only the human animal sees a pattern behind the facts of existence and worries about life here and in the hereafter. Only humans create elaborate symbolic mechanisms to cope with these universal unknowns. This course examines how people cope with the trials and tribulations caused by the uncertainties of life through symbolic systems such as magic, sorcery, religion, myth and ritual. Ethnographic examples are drawn predominantly from non-Western cultures in Africa, the Island Pacific, India and Southeast Asia, with comparative discussion of contemporary Western cultural traditions. Recommended: Anthropology 102 or 205, or permission of the instructor. Also offered through Global Studies.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stlawu.edu

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(315) 229-5011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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