ANTHRO 1676 - The Tradition Inventing Machine: State and Culture in Eurasia

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

Once taken as anthropology's givens, "traditions" and "culture" are now viewed as creations of politics of nations/nationalism. The Soviet collapse has spawned tradition-inventing projects from the Baltics and Central Asia to the Russian Far-East, involving redefinition of useable cultural heritage, national ideology, "national character", resistance/opposition, religion, morality, personhood, modernity, patronage/corruption, and "traditionalism". Course examines roles of states, elites, "tradition-bearers", etc., based on post-Soviet anthropological literature and comparisons outside of Eurasia and outside anthropology.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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