Anthropology Flashcards
Anthropology
Anthro- Human
Logy- study
Study of human race and science of human beings.
Karl Max
Opposed the imperial version of anthropology when it was as its strongest
His solution is communism
Bourgeoisie
Rich and proletariat or worker
Nagmamayari ng negosyo
Emile Durkheim
The alienation was caused by an enhanced sense of personal identity
He also said that traditional societies have collective awareness and weak self identity while modern western societies have individual awareness and strong identity
Claude Lévi-Strauss
An individuals’ identity is largely shaped by their social surroundings
Preffered traditional state ( natural state) over modern state ( enhanced induviduality) because traditional is more ok and being modern it will caused destructions
Joseph Campbell
He looked at the myths as hero-myths, description ofbthe growth and emanicipation of the individual
Monomyth
Mono means one
All the beliefs has one function
4 functions
- To explain
- To reconcile
- To establish the constraints
- To provide template
Dorinne Kondo
Raised an important issue for selfhood
Once you become immersed, there is a possibility na maadapt mo yun
Thomas Csordas
Proposed that any anthropological study of the self needs to recognise the physical body
The existence of a body is the cause of the existence of the self
The existence of groups of bodies is the cause of culture
Western culture
American culture
Independent from others
Rest of the world
Asiaan context
Interdependent from others
