Week

Tuesday

Thursday

Week 1 1/4-6

Introduction to the Course

19th Century Origins: Praxis/Naturalism Lineage:

C. Darwin,
E. Spenser,
E. B. Tyler,
L. H. Morgan
K. Marx

Week 2 1/11-13

19th Century Origins: Practice Lineage

19th Century Origins: Idealism Lineage (, , , )

S. Freud
E. Kant
F. Boas
Hegel
E. Sapir
M. Weber
E. Durkheim

Week 3 1/18-20

19th Century Origins: Summary

20th Century Modern Period: Praxis/Naturalism Lineage

F. Engels
B. Malinowski
L. White

Week 4 1/25-27

20th Century Modern Period: Idealism Lineage

20th Century Modern Period: Practice Lineage

R. Lowie
A. R. Radcliff-Brown
A. Kroeber
M. Gluckman
M. Mead
C. Levi-Strauss
R. Benedict

Week 5 2/1-3

20th Century Modern Period: Summary

20th Century Post-Modern Period: Praxis Lineage

M. Harris
M. Foucault
M. Sahlins

Week 6 2/8-10

20th Century Post-Modern Period: Idealism Lineage

20th Century Post-Modern Period: Practice Lineage

M. Douglas
V. Turner
P. Bourdieu
C. Geertz
M. de Certeau

Week 7 2/15-17

20th Century Post-Modern Period: Summary

Contemporary Theory: Praxis Lineage

M. Taussig
E. Wolf
N. Dirks

Week 8 2/22-24

Contemporary Theory: Idealism Lineage

Contemporary Theory: Idealism Lineage

K. Basso
R. Rosaldo
J. Clifford
Crapanzano
Marcus & Fischer
D’Andrade

Week 9 3/1-3

Contemporary Theory: Practice Lineage

Contemporary Theory: Summary

Week 10 3/8-10

Perspectives from the Subfields: Culture in Archaeology

Perspectives from the Subfields: Culture in Language

Final Exam 3/16

The assigned essay should be submitted via the Blackboard drop box by noon. The essay may be submitted early.  Late essay may not be accepted.