AN376
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Culture and Power: Political Anthropology
Course Subject Code
AN
Course Number
376
Course Long Title
Culture and Power: Political Anthropology
Status
Active
Division
Social Sciences
Department
Unit(s)
1
Schedule Type
Block Seminar
Instruction Mode
Traditional
Grade Modes
Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit
Course Attributes
CPGS
Course Description
A comparative, holistic study of formal and informal politics in diverse societies. The course focuses on three major themes: examining diverse political systems with emphasis on the emergence of the state; the relationship between power, ideology, and symbolic systems; power and controlling processes, with special attention to dominance, hegemony and resistance. Emphasis on full-length ethnographies.
Courses
AN376
is a
prerequisite
for:
Required Requisites
One previous cultural anthropology course or consent of instructor.