Anthropology 358 - Anthropology of Violence

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Macalester College

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An examination of approaches to the meaning of violence as a social and cultural phenomenon, this course interrogates the slippery concept of violence in the light of theoretical approaches from different disciplines. The course begins with a discussion of how anthropologists have reexamined the concept of violence within the context of complex and large-scale societies. It then addresses the preponderate weight that the concept of the state has played within the social sciences in interpretations of violence, followed by a consideration of how notions of community and cultural difference figure prominently in the ideology of conflict. Alternate years (4 credits)

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.macalester.edu

Phone Number:

(651) 696-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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