Sumários
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16 Fevereiro 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa
The nature of violent conflict in human societies:
Ethological, archaeological, historical evidence.
Classical anthropological models:
Their difficulty incorporating aggression and conflict in its epistemological foundations.
A short history of anthropological thought, from after its evolutionist foundations to the end of the "expansive moment". The enduring legacy of durkheimianism.
A look into the historical exceptions: Max Gluckman and the Manchester School, Sol Tax and the Chicago School - the importance of the "knowledge from the field", the case-study based approach.
Changing moments, missed opportunities: the African independences didn't change the conceptual paradigm.
Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Congo-Zaire: the problem with "localizing strategies".
David Graeber's seminal testament: The nature of violent conflict in human societies
https://www.eurozine.com/change-course-human-history/
Two case-studies:
The (ir)relevance of the work of Harry Turney-High for a renewed anthropological vision of the war in human societies.
The Napoleon Chagnon controversy as example of the enduring presuppositions in anthropology.
Towards an anthropology of war and violence:
Power, violence, and collective imagination. An add-on to Lévi-Strauss's model.
The phenomenon of war and the establishment of the nation-state.
The sacralization of power and state formation and dissolution (a reading of Luc De Heusch).
The cultural concepts of war and their relation to ideologies and political systems: readings of J. Kegan (The Face of Battle, A History of Warfare).
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16 Fevereiro 2022, 13:00 • Rita Sousa
The nature of violent conflict in human societies:
Ethological, archaeological, historical evidence.
Classical anthropological models:
Their difficulty incorporating aggression and conflict in its epistemological foundations.
A short history of anthropological thought, from after its evolutionist foundations to the end of the "expansive moment". The enduring legacy of durkheimianism.
A look into the historical exceptions: Max Gluckman and the Manchester School, Sol Tax and the Chicago School - the importance of the "knowledge from the field", the case-study based approach.
Changing moments, missed opportunities: the African independences didn't change the conceptual paradigm.
Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Congo-Zaire: the problem with "localizing strategies".
David Graeber's seminal testament: The nature of violent conflict in human societies
https://www.eurozine.com/change-course-human-history/
Two case-studies:
The (ir)relevance of the work of Harry Turney-High for a renewed anthropological vision of the war in human societies.
The Napoleon Chagnon controversy as example of the enduring presuppositions in anthropology.
Towards an anthropology of war and violence:
Power, violence, and collective imagination. An add-on to Lévi-Strauss's model.
The phenomenon of war and the establishment of the nation-state.
The sacralization of power and state formation and dissolution (a reading of Luc De Heusch).
The cultural concepts of war and their relation to ideologies and political systems: readings of J. Kegan (The Face of Battle, A History of Warfare).
Introduction and overview
9 Fevereiro 2022, 20:30 • Rita Sousa
Student's introduction and overview of the module, including contents and assessment criteria.
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9 Fevereiro 2022, 18:00 • Rita Sousa
Presentation of contents and methodology of the course. Outline and scope of work.
Introduction and overview of the module
9 Fevereiro 2022, 13:00 • Rita Sousa
Student's introduction and overview of the module, including contents and assessment criteria.