ANTH 2900 - Social Theory in Anthropology

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Fordham University

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The course will explore the theoretical underpinning of the anthropological research endeavor. Particular emphasis will be placed on three different factors: 1) The historical development of theory in the discipline, from the early schools such as evolutionism, functionalism, structural-functionalism, and structuralism; 2) People Without History, Claude Levi-Strauss' Tristes Tropiques, and Margaret Mead's Sex and Temperament; and, 3) a review of the latest theoretical influences on the discipline from French theorists such as Jacques Lacan, Georges Bataille, Pierre Bordieu, Julia Kristeva, Lucia Irigaray, Marguerite Duras, and Michel Foucault. 4.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate, Post Baccalaureate Schedule Types: Lecture Undergraduate Colleges College Sociology and Anthropology Department

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.fordham.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 817-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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