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ANTH 206: Weeks 1-8 ANTH 206: Weeks 9-16 Social and Cultural Theory
Anthropology 206
Autumn 2013
TTh 8:00-9:50 a.m.
Robert André LaFleur Office
Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 111 Tuesday
12:00-1:30*
363-2005 Thursday
12:00-1:30
lafleur@beloit.edu …or by
appointment
*Office hours have reverted to the regular 12:00-1:30 time after autumn break.
Required Books for All Enrolled Students
Bowen, Elinore Smith, Return to Laughter
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice
Connell, Evan. Mr. Bridge
Connell, Evan. Mrs. Bridge
Kipnis, Andrew. Producing Guanxi
Moberg, Mark. Engaging Anthropological Theory
Moore, Henrietta and Todd Sanders. Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology
LaFleur, Robert. Round and Square (www.robert-lafleur.blogspot.com)
The New York Review of Books (NYRB)
Required Ethnographies (Choose one SET from the list
below)
Rosaldo, Renato. Ilongot Headhunting: A History AND
Rosaldo, Michelle. Knowledge and Passion
OR
Schiefflin, Edward. The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancers AND
Feld, Steven. Sound and Sentiment (Feld’s book is out of print; order it used or read it on reserve).
All books are on library reserve.
Evaluation
Quizzes 10%
Theoretical Letter 15%
Bridges to Theory Review Essay 20%
Ethnography Review Essay 20%
In-Class Final 10%
Theoretical Essay 25%
Class attendance and participation is expected. More than two absences will significantly affect your grade. Late assignments will be penalized—see my late assignment policy.
Bowen, Elinore Smith, Return to Laughter
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice
Connell, Evan. Mr. Bridge
Connell, Evan. Mrs. Bridge
Kipnis, Andrew. Producing Guanxi
Moberg, Mark. Engaging Anthropological Theory
Moore, Henrietta and Todd Sanders. Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology
LaFleur, Robert. Round and Square (www.robert-lafleur.blogspot.com)
The New York Review of Books (NYRB)
Rosaldo, Renato. Ilongot Headhunting: A History AND
Rosaldo, Michelle. Knowledge and Passion
OR
Schiefflin, Edward. The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancers AND
Feld, Steven. Sound and Sentiment (Feld’s book is out of print; order it used or read it on reserve).
All books are on library reserve.
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Building upon ANTH 100 (Society
and Culture), this course helps students develop increased sophistication in
the way that they frame and think about social and cultural (not to mention
historical) phenomena. Our approach to the
subject will be both historical and “pragmatic.” It is necessary to understand the development
of various intellectual strains within anthropology. A good foundation in them
gives solidity to analytical constructions (this is precisely the reason that
philosophers spend a good number of pages in every work “framing” their subject
matters in terms of the history of philosophy).
It is far from being a trifling exercise. We will also take a “pragmatic” approach, by
asking ourselves which perspectives work best for our purposes, and our
interests. Learning to balance these
seemingly contradictory (but actually beautifully entwined) approaches is one
of the keys to excellent theoretical work in and beyond the field of
anthropology.Evaluation
Quizzes 10%
Theoretical Letter 15%
Bridges to Theory Review Essay 20%
Ethnography Review Essay 20%
In-Class Final 10%
Theoretical Essay 25%
Class attendance and participation is expected. More than two absences will significantly affect your grade. Late assignments will be penalized—see my late assignment policy.
Anthropology 206
Social and Cultural Theory
Syllabic Cycles:Introduction (a-d)
Read all four posts, not just “a.”
Raise the Red Lantern (Tuesday in-class)
Bowen, Return to Laughter
Foreword by David Riesman
Chapters 1-22
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, xi-xvi; 1-56—read my e-mail about this…carefully!
General Introduction
Anthropology and Epistemology
Part I/Section I: Culture and Behavior
The Aims of Anthropological Research (Boas)
The Concept of Culture in Science (Kroeber)
Problems and Methods of Approach (Bateson)
Rules for the Explanation of Social Facts (Durkheim
Quotidian Quizzes:Introduction (a-h)
Read all eight posts, not just “a.”
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus*
Translator’s Foreword
The Objective Limits of Objectivism
Section I: Analyses
From the Mechanics of the Model to the Dialectic of Strategies
From the “Rules” of Honour to the Sense of Honour
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, xi-xii; 1-67
Acknowledgments
Of Politics and Paradigms
Claims and Critiques of Anthropological Knowledge
The Prehistory of Anthropology
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 1-40
Love and Marriage
Children
Preliminary Training
Marmalade
Christmas Basket
Displaced Dummy
Alice Jones
Who Can Find the Caspian Sea?
Of Ladies and Women
Table Manners
Alice Jones Again
Agreeable Conversation
Guest Towels
Late for Dinner
Holiday News
A Matter of Taste
Good-by Alice
Never Speak to Strange Men
Grace Barron
What’s Up, Señora Bridge?
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice, 16-22
The Objective Limits of Objectivism (continued)
Section I: Analyses
Fallacies of the Rule
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, 68-105
Marx
Durkheim and Weber
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, 57-120
Part I/Section2: Society and Social Patterns
The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology (Boas)
Anthropology and Sociology (Sapir)
The Individual and the Pattern of Culture (Benedict)
Part I/Section3: Function and Environment
The Group and the Individual in Functional Analysis (Malinowski)
The Concept and Method of Cultural Ecology (Steward)
Energy and the Evolution of Culture (White)
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 41-80
The Leacocks
Victim of Circumstances
Rock Fight
Advanced Training
Another World
Tower
Sentimental Moment
Soft Gift
Nothing Spectacular
The Search for Love
Treachery
No Scenes in Church
Powerful Vocabulary
Tobacco Road
One Summer Morning
Growing Pains
Maid from Madras
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice, 22-30
The Objective Limits of Objectivism (continued)
Section I: Analyses
The Fallacies of the Rule
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, 106-154
Spencer, Darwin, and an Evolutionary Parable For Our Time
Boas and the Demise of Cultural Evolution
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, 121-178
Part I/Section 4: Structure and System
On Social Structure (Radcliffe-Brown)
Introduction to Political Systems of Highland Burma (Leach)
Social Structure (Lévi-Strauss)
Part I/Section 5: Methods and Objects
Understanding and Explanation in Social Anthropology (Beattie)
Anthropological Data and Social Reality (Holy and Stuchlik)
Objectification Objectified (Bourdieu)
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 81-121
Revolt of the Masses
Minister’s Book
Lady Poet
Voting
Oaths and Pledges
Another Victim of Circumstances
Leda
The Clock
Countess Mariska
Tea Leaves
Liberal
The Private World of Wilhelm and Susan
Sir William and Sir Thomas
The Low-pressure Salesman
Second Lesson in Spanish
Servant’s Entrance
Rumpy
The Chrysler and the Comb
No Evangelism
Chaperon
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice, 30-38
The Objective Limits of Objectivism (continued)
Section II: Case Study—Parallel-Cousin Marriage
The State of the Question
The Functions of Kinship: Official Kin and Practical Kin
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, 155-200
Culture and Psychology
Structure and Function
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, 179-232
Part I/Section 6: Biology and Ontogeny
Becoming Persons: Consciousness and Sociality in Human Evolution (Ingold)
Customs and Cultures in Animals and Humans...(Gibson)
Introduction to Mind, Materiality, and History (Toren)
The Development of Meaning: Ontogeny and Culture (Robertson)
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 121-160
Good Night
Suitor
Ingrid
Parking
News of the Leacocks
The Hat
First Babies
Who’s Calling?
Mademoiselle from Kansas City
Ruth Goes to New York
Tornado at the Club
Non Capisco
England
French Restaurant
Winged Victory
Strangers in Paradise
Intellectual Café
Grammar Is Culture—Handouts
LaFleur, Rob’s Style Sheet
Pinker, The Language Instinct (selections)
Cavell, Must We Mean What We Say?
Wallace, Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the War over Usage, 39-58
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice, 38-52
The Objective Limits of Objectivism (continued)
Section II: Case Study—Parallel-Cousin Marriage (continued)
Officializing Strategies
Collective Beliefs and White Lies
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, 201-265
Decolonization and Anti-Structure
Ecological and Neo-Evolutionary Approaches
Contemporary Materialist and Ecological Approaches
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, 233-298
Part II/Section 7: Meanings as Objects of Study
Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture (Geertz)
Anthropology and the Analysis of Ideology (Asad)
Anthropology as Interpretive Quest (Keesing)
Part II/Section 8: Language and Method
Structural Analysis in Linguistics and in Anthropology (Lévi-Strauss)
Ordinary Language and Human Action (Crick)
Language, Anthropology, and Cognitive Science (Bloch)
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 161-204
Sidewalk Artist
Telegram
Beautiful Luggage
Mirror, Mirror
Psst!
Peculiar Roman
Change of Itinerary
Inside Europe
Progress, Madness, Defeat
Robbery at the Heywood Duncans’
No Questions
Follow Me Home
Jules, Niki, et al
The Rich and the Poor
Paquita de las Torres
Extra-sensory Perception
Frayed Cuffs
Sex Education
Words of Wisdom
Very Gay Indeed
Local Talent
Exchange of Letters
Frozen Fruit
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice, 52-71
The Objective Limits of Objectivism (continued)
Section II: Case Study—Parallel-Cousin Marriage (continued)
The Ordinary and the Extra-Ordinary
Matrimonial Strategies and Social Reproduction
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, 266-292
Symbols, Structures, and “Webs of Significance”
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, 299-356
Part II/Section 9: Thinking and Believing
Introduction to Belief, Language, and Experience (Needham)
The Antinomies (Tyler)
Anthropology and Psychology: Towards an Epidemiology...(Sperber)
Part II/Section 10: Bodies of Knowledge
Knowledge of the Body (Jackson)
The End of the Body? (Martin)
The Body of the Condemned (Foucault)
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 205-246
Reflections on Montaigne
Gloves
Marching with Dr. Foster
Quo Vadis, Madame?
Joseph Conrad
Psychotherapy
Pineapple Bread
Carolyn’s Engagement
Present from Douglas
Carolyn Marries
Alice
Winter
Tuna Salad
Old Acquaintance
Home Again
Mr. Bridge Adjourns
Letter from a Buddhist
All’s Well
Remembrance of Things Past
Hello?
Week VIII—Autumn Break
Social and Cultural Theory
Week I
(August
27, 29)
Round and Square Syllabic Cycles:Introduction (a-d)
Read all four posts, not just “a.”
Raise the Red Lantern (Tuesday in-class)
Bowen, Return to Laughter
Foreword by David Riesman
Chapters 1-22
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, xi-xvi; 1-56—read my e-mail about this…carefully!
General Introduction
Anthropology and Epistemology
Part I/Section I: Culture and Behavior
The Aims of Anthropological Research (Boas)
The Concept of Culture in Science (Kroeber)
Problems and Methods of Approach (Bateson)
Rules for the Explanation of Social Facts (Durkheim
Week II
(September
3, 5)
Round and Square Quotidian Quizzes:Introduction (a-h)
Read all eight posts, not just “a.”
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus*
*Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" regularly.
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice,
vii-viii; 1-15 Translator’s Foreword
The Objective Limits of Objectivism
Section I: Analyses
From the Mechanics of the Model to the Dialectic of Strategies
From the “Rules” of Honour to the Sense of Honour
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, xi-xii; 1-67
Acknowledgments
Of Politics and Paradigms
Claims and Critiques of Anthropological Knowledge
The Prehistory of Anthropology
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 1-40
Love and Marriage
Children
Preliminary Training
Marmalade
Christmas Basket
Displaced Dummy
Alice Jones
Who Can Find the Caspian Sea?
Of Ladies and Women
Table Manners
Alice Jones Again
Agreeable Conversation
Guest Towels
Late for Dinner
Holiday News
A Matter of Taste
Good-by Alice
Never Speak to Strange Men
Grace Barron
What’s Up, Señora Bridge?
Week III
(September
10, 12)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice, 16-22
The Objective Limits of Objectivism (continued)
Section I: Analyses
Fallacies of the Rule
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, 68-105
Marx
Durkheim and Weber
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, 57-120
Part I/Section2: Society and Social Patterns
The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology (Boas)
Anthropology and Sociology (Sapir)
The Individual and the Pattern of Culture (Benedict)
Part I/Section3: Function and Environment
The Group and the Individual in Functional Analysis (Malinowski)
The Concept and Method of Cultural Ecology (Steward)
Energy and the Evolution of Culture (White)
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 41-80
The Leacocks
Victim of Circumstances
Rock Fight
Advanced Training
Another World
Tower
Sentimental Moment
Soft Gift
Nothing Spectacular
The Search for Love
Treachery
No Scenes in Church
Powerful Vocabulary
Tobacco Road
One Summer Morning
Growing Pains
Maid from Madras
Week IV
(September
17, 19)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice, 22-30
The Objective Limits of Objectivism (continued)
Section I: Analyses
The Fallacies of the Rule
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, 106-154
Spencer, Darwin, and an Evolutionary Parable For Our Time
Boas and the Demise of Cultural Evolution
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, 121-178
Part I/Section 4: Structure and System
On Social Structure (Radcliffe-Brown)
Introduction to Political Systems of Highland Burma (Leach)
Social Structure (Lévi-Strauss)
Part I/Section 5: Methods and Objects
Understanding and Explanation in Social Anthropology (Beattie)
Anthropological Data and Social Reality (Holy and Stuchlik)
Objectification Objectified (Bourdieu)
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 81-121
Revolt of the Masses
Minister’s Book
Lady Poet
Voting
Oaths and Pledges
Another Victim of Circumstances
Leda
The Clock
Countess Mariska
Tea Leaves
Liberal
The Private World of Wilhelm and Susan
Sir William and Sir Thomas
The Low-pressure Salesman
Second Lesson in Spanish
Servant’s Entrance
Rumpy
The Chrysler and the Comb
No Evangelism
Chaperon
Week V
(September
24, 26)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice, 30-38
The Objective Limits of Objectivism (continued)
Section II: Case Study—Parallel-Cousin Marriage
The State of the Question
The Functions of Kinship: Official Kin and Practical Kin
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, 155-200
Culture and Psychology
Structure and Function
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, 179-232
Part I/Section 6: Biology and Ontogeny
Becoming Persons: Consciousness and Sociality in Human Evolution (Ingold)
Customs and Cultures in Animals and Humans...(Gibson)
Introduction to Mind, Materiality, and History (Toren)
The Development of Meaning: Ontogeny and Culture (Robertson)
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 121-160
Good Night
Suitor
Ingrid
Parking
News of the Leacocks
The Hat
First Babies
Who’s Calling?
Mademoiselle from Kansas City
Ruth Goes to New York
Tornado at the Club
Non Capisco
England
French Restaurant
Winged Victory
Strangers in Paradise
Intellectual Café
Grammar Is Culture—Handouts
LaFleur, Rob’s Style Sheet
Pinker, The Language Instinct (selections)
Cavell, Must We Mean What We Say?
Wallace, Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the War over Usage, 39-58
Week VI
(October
1, 3)
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice, 38-52
The Objective Limits of Objectivism (continued)
Section II: Case Study—Parallel-Cousin Marriage (continued)
Officializing Strategies
Collective Beliefs and White Lies
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, 201-265
Decolonization and Anti-Structure
Ecological and Neo-Evolutionary Approaches
Contemporary Materialist and Ecological Approaches
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, 233-298
Part II/Section 7: Meanings as Objects of Study
Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture (Geertz)
Anthropology and the Analysis of Ideology (Asad)
Anthropology as Interpretive Quest (Keesing)
Part II/Section 8: Language and Method
Structural Analysis in Linguistics and in Anthropology (Lévi-Strauss)
Ordinary Language and Human Action (Crick)
Language, Anthropology, and Cognitive Science (Bloch)
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 161-204
Sidewalk Artist
Telegram
Beautiful Luggage
Mirror, Mirror
Psst!
Peculiar Roman
Change of Itinerary
Inside Europe
Progress, Madness, Defeat
Robbery at the Heywood Duncans’
No Questions
Follow Me Home
Jules, Niki, et al
The Rich and the Poor
Paquita de las Torres
Extra-sensory Perception
Frayed Cuffs
Sex Education
Words of Wisdom
Very Gay Indeed
Local Talent
Exchange of Letters
Frozen Fruit
Week VII
(October
8, 10)
Important Note:
Do the Bourdieu and Moore readings for Tuesday!
Important Note:
Do the Bourdieu and Moore readings for Tuesday!
Round and Square See separate Round and Square syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate New York Review of Books syllabus
Bourdieu, Outline of a Theory of Practice, 52-71
The Objective Limits of Objectivism (continued)
Section II: Case Study—Parallel-Cousin Marriage (continued)
The Ordinary and the Extra-Ordinary
Matrimonial Strategies and Social Reproduction
Moberg, Engaging Anthropological Theory, 266-292
Symbols, Structures, and “Webs of Significance”
Moore, Anthropology in Theory, 299-356
Part II/Section 9: Thinking and Believing
Introduction to Belief, Language, and Experience (Needham)
The Antinomies (Tyler)
Anthropology and Psychology: Towards an Epidemiology...(Sperber)
Part II/Section 10: Bodies of Knowledge
Knowledge of the Body (Jackson)
The End of the Body? (Martin)
The Body of the Condemned (Foucault)
Connell, Mrs. Bridge, 205-246
Reflections on Montaigne
Gloves
Marching with Dr. Foster
Quo Vadis, Madame?
Joseph Conrad
Psychotherapy
Pineapple Bread
Carolyn’s Engagement
Present from Douglas
Carolyn Marries
Alice
Winter
Tuna Salad
Old Acquaintance
Home Again
Mr. Bridge Adjourns
Letter from a Buddhist
All’s Well
Remembrance of Things Past
Hello?
Week VIII—Autumn Break
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