ANT 355 - Anthropological Theory

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ANT 201
This is a survey course of anthropological theory over the past 150 years. The course is structured in a chronological and linear sense by reading work by seminal figures in the discipline. Since these are selective works, we will also discuss why these readings or views and not others were selected, what this says about society at the time of these anthropologists and how they inflected anthropological thought. Finally, we address where anthropology is and where it is going in the 21st century, particularly in terms of what it can contribute to broader society.