ANTH 383: History of Anthropology Fall 2016 Monday Wednesday 2:20-3:50 PM Asbury Hall 007 Dr. Lydia Wilson Marshall Office: Asbury Hall 118 Email: [email protected] Phone: 765-658-4508 Office Hours: 2:00-3:30 PM Tuesday, 2:00-3:00 PM Friday, and by appointment. COURSE DESCRIPTION A survey history of the central theoretical perspectives, questions and data of sociocultural anthropology. Focusing on significant scholars and case studies, the course explores the development of different ways that anthropologists have formulated and understood fundamental questions concerning human society, culture, change and universals. COURSE TEXTBOOKS Moberg, Mark 2013 Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History. New York: Routledge. Moore, Jerry D. 2012 Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists. 4th edition. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. All other assigned readings will be posted as pdfs on Moodle or placed on reserve in the library. SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES AND TESTS Note: Your reading logs will be collected periodically (5 to 8 times) throughout the semester through Moodle dropbox. The dates they will be collected are not announced in advance. 9/22: Take-home exam #1 due by 4 PM via Moodle (note: not a class day) 11/1: Take-home exam #2 due by 4 PM via Moodle (note: not a class day) 2 12/5: Student presentations of contemporary articles. 12/7: Student presentations of contemporary articles, continued. 12/7: Contemporary article exegesis due in class. 12/16: Take-home exam #3 due by 4 PM via Moodle CLASS SCHEDULE AND READINGS Wednesday, 8/24: Pre-Anthropological Views of Human Diversity Monday, 8/29: What is Theory and Why Do Anthropologists Need It? Moberg, Mark. 2013. “Of Politics and Paradigms.” In Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History, 1-23. New York: Routledge. Wednesday, 8/31: Cultural Evolutionary Theory Focus on Lewis Henry Morgan Moberg, Mark. 2013. “Spencer, Darwin, and an Evolutionary Parable for Our Time” (excerpt). In Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History, 106-114. New York: Routledge. Moore, Jerry D. 2012. “Founders” and “Lewis Henry Morgan: The Evolution of Society.” In Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, 4th ed., 1-4 and 17-29. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. Morgan, Lewis Henry. 1878. “Ethnical Periods.” In Ancient Society, 3-18. New York: Henry Holt. Sidky, Homayun. 2004. “Lewis Henry Morgan and the Evolution of Society.” In Perspectives on Culture: A Critical Introduction to Theory in Cultural Anthropology, 60-81. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Wednesday, 8/31 – Last day of adjustment period Monday, 9/5: Marxism Focus on Karl Marx Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. [1848] 2008. “Bourgeois and Proletarians.” In The Communist Manifesto, 33-51. London: Pluto Press. Moberg, Mark. 2013. “Marx.” In Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History, 68-86. New York: Routledge. Wednesday, 9/7: Historical Particularlism Focus on Franz Boas Boas, Franz. 1940. “Race and Progress” (excerpt). In Race, Language and Culture, 3-8. New York: The MacMillan Company. 3 Moore, Jerry D. 2012. “Franz Boas: Culture in Context.” In Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, 4th ed., 30-41. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. Moberg, Mark. 2013. “Boas and the Demise of Cultural Evolution” (excerpt). In Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History, 138-154. New York: Routledge. Pierpont, Claudia Roth. 2004. “The Measure of America: How a Rebel Anthropologist Waged War on Racism.” New Yorker 80(3): 48-63. In-class film (excerpt): Franz Boas: The Shackles of Tradition Monday, 9/12: Historical Particularism, continued Focus on Zora Neale Hurston Hurston, Zora Neale. [1935] 1979. “From Mules and Men.” In I Love Myself When I Am Laughing . And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive, edited by Alice Walker, 82-122. Old Westbury, NY: The Feminist Press. Trubek, Anne. 2011. “Zora’s Place.” Humanities, 32(6): 38-42. Ward, Cynthia. 2012. “Truths, Lies, Mules and Men: Through the ‘Spy-glass of Anthropology’ and What Zora Saw There.” The Western Journal of Black Studies 36(4): 301-313. In-class film: Zora Neale Hurston’s Fieldwork Footage, 1928 Wednesday, 9/14: Culture and Personality Focus on Ruth Benedict Benedict, Ruth. [1928] 1996. “Culture and Personality” and “Psychological Types in the Cultures of the Southwest.” In Anthropological Theory: An Introductory Reader, edited by R. Jon McGee and Richard L. Warms, 202-214. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing. Moore, Jerry D. 2012. Ruth Benedict: Patterns of Culture. In Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, 4th ed., 71-80. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. Sidky, Homayun. 2004. “After Boas: The Development of American Anthropology” (excerpt). In Perspectives on Culture: A Critical Introduction to Theory in Cultural Anthropology,149-157. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Take-Home Exam #1 handed out (covers material through 9/19) Monday, 9/19: Culture and Personality, continued Focus on Margaret Mead Mead, Margaret. 1939. “Introduction” (excerpt). In Coming of Age in Samoa, 1-11. William Morrow: New York. Metraux, Rhoda and Sydel Silverman. 2004. “Margaret Mead.” In Totems and Teachers: Key Figures in the History of Anthropology, 2nd ed., edited by Sydel Silverman, 199-221. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. 4 Moore, Jerry D. 2012. “Margaret Mead: The Individual and Culture.” In Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists. 4th ed., 95-106. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. In-class film (excerpt): Coming of Age: Margaret Mead Wednesday, 9/21: Structural Functionalism Focus on A.R. Radcliffe-Brown Kuper, Adam. 1996. “Radcliffe-Brown.” In Anthropology and Anthropologists: The Modern British School. 3rd ed., 35-65. New York: Routledge. Moberg, Mark. 2013. “Structure and Function” (excerpt). In Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History, 178-186. New York: Routledge. Moore, Jerry D. 2012. “A.R. Radcliffe-Brown: The Structures of Society.” In Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists. 4th ed., 134-145. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. Radcliffe-Brown, A.R. [1924] 1952. “The Mother’s Brother in South Africa” (excerpt). In Structure and Function in Primitive Society, 15-18. London: Routledge & Kegan. Thursday, 9/22: Take-Home Exam #1 due at 4 PM via Moodle (note: not a class day) Monday, 9/26: Functionalism Focus on Bronislaw Malinowski Malinowski, Bronislaw. [1922] 1984. “The Essentials of the Kula” (excerpt). In Argonauts of the Western Pacific, 81-89. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland. Moberg, Mark. 2013. “Structure and Function” (excerpt). In Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History, 186-200. New York: Routledge. Moore, Jerry D. 2012. “Bronislaw Malinowski: The Functions of Culture.” In Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, 4th ed., 122-133. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. In-class film (excerpt): Bronislaw Malinowski: Off the Veranda Wednesday, 9/28: NO CLASS (DePauw Dialogue) Lewis, Diane. 1973. “Anthropology and Colonialism” (excerpt). Cultural Anthropology 14(5): 582-585. Monday 10/3: The Manchester School and Conflict Theory Focus on Max Gluckman Cocks, Paul. 2001. “Max Gluckman and the Critique of Segregation in South African Anthropology, 1921-1940.” Journal of Southern African Studies 27(4): 739-756. Gluckman, Max. [1940] 2002. “‘The Bridge’: Analysis of a Social Situation in Zululand.” In The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique, edited by Joan Vincent, 53-58. Malden, MA: Blackwell. 5 Kuper, Adam. 1996. “Leach and Gluckman” (excerpt) In Anthropology and Anthropologists: The Modern British School. 3rd edition, 135-142. New York: Routledge. Moberg, Mark. 2013. “Decolonization and Anti-Structure” (excerpt). In Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History, 201-211. New York: Routledge. Wednesday 10/5: Cultural Ecology Focus on Julian Steward Moore, Jerry D. 2012. “Evolutionary, Adaptationist, and Materialist Theories” and “Julian Steward: Cultural Ecology and Multilinear Evolution.” In Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, 4th ed., 157-59 and 174-184. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. Moberg, Mark. 2013. “Ecological and Neo-Evolutionary Approaches” (excerpt). In Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History, 225-241. New York: Routledge. Steward, Julian H. 1955. “The Patrilineal Band.” In Theory of Culture Change: The Methodology of Multilinear Evolution, 122-142. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Monday, 10/10: Cultural Materialism Focus on Marvin Harris Harris, Marvin. [1966] 1992. “The Cultural Ecology of India’s Sacred Cattle” (excerpt). Current Anthropology 33(1): 261-265. Moberg, Mark. 2013. “Contemporary Materialist and Ecological Approaches.” In Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History, 246-265. New York: Routledge. Moore, Jerry D. 2012. “Marvin Harris: Cultural Materialism.” In Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists, 4th ed., 185-195. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. Wednesday 10/12: Structuralism Focus on Claude Lévi-Strauss Lévi-Strauss, Claude. 1978. “‘Primitive’ Thinking and the ‘Civilized’ Mind.” In Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture, 15-24. New York: Schocken Books.