Anthro 4519 - The Moral Imagination in Social Practice

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Washington University in St Louis

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Everything humans do is framed by assumptions about what is real, important, enduring, etc., assumptions that already are implicit in the language they use. When they assess situations, establish priorities, interpret social settings, identify the significance of their affairs, or conceive of a meaningful past, humans employ such assumptions. Sometimes they do so consciously, but often they make these assumptions unthinkingly, uncritically. In this course, we read recent works-journal articles as well as monographs-on the imaginative "worlds" of people in various social settings, to consider how these "worlds" are constituted and how they are reiterated and reinforced in social practice. We also refer back to the classic works in sociocultural anthropology to remind ourselves of the various ways of approaching the comparative study of social practices. Prerequisite: junior standing, two social science courses, or permission of instructor.

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3.00

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www.wustl.edu

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(314) 935-5000

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North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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