Political Anthropology
NEU
About This Course
The aim of this course is to introduce you to the field of political anthropology and its main concepts and ideas. We will also focus on the symbolic dimensions of political power, the relationship between State and society and the concepts of tradition and modernity. Lastly, we will analyse the ethnographies in the context of the World System.
Course Content
Origins of Political Anthropology
Main concepts and ideas
Culture
Power, Institutions of Power and Hegemony
Symbolism
Societas to civitas
Transnationalism
Transactionalism
Kinship
Main theoretical paradigms
The symbolic dimensions of political power
State and society
Tradition and modernity
Ethnographies of the World System
Bibliography
(Anthropology, Culture and Society) John Gledhill - Power And Its Disguises_ Anthropological Perspectives on Politics (Anthropology, Culture and Society) - Pluto Press (2000)
Georges Balandier - Political Anthropology (Pelican) - Penguin Books Ltd (1972)
Pierre Clastres, Robert Hurley, Abe Stein - Society Against the State_ Essays in Political Anthropology - Zone Books (1989)