UNIT 3: ANTHROPOLOGY

Question 1

it is the study of human societies and culture and their development

Answer 1

anthropology

Question 2

what is karl marx’s view?

Answer 2

• the problem is capitalism in which some individuals become rulers and owners, and workers (proletariat) have no freedom
• he believes the solution was communism in which workers would TAKE CONTROL over their work
• the individual is fulfilled by their work for the collective

Question 3

what is emile durkheim’s view?

Answer 3

• traditional societies = weak identity
• modern societies = strong identity and specialized roles
• SOCIAL COMPLEXITY allowed individuals more choice in their way of being human

Question 4

what is claude levi-strauss’ view?

Answer 4

• he preferred the traditional state over modern individuality for modern creativity leads to IMPERFECTION and destruction

• trad&raquo_space;»» modern duhhhhhh

Question 5

what is joseph campbell’s view?

Answer 5

• he looked at the myths as hero myth / monomyth
• individual protagonist is male
• patriarch amputa

Question 6

what is monomyth

Answer 6

• it carries one single message, usually talks about a hero’s journey
• not a call to abandon individuality

Question 7

monomyth’s 4 functions

Answer 7

• to explain nature
• to reconcile conscious experience (CONNECT)
• establish constraints for GROUP SURVIVAL
• provide template for PERSONAL survival

Question 8

what is dorrine kondo’s view?

Answer 8

• her research in japan led her to identify differences being japanese and american
• collectivism = japan
• individualism = america

Question 9

what is thomas csordas’ view?

Answer 9

• physical body existence = self existence
• the existence of group of bodies is the cause of culture
• more bodies = formation of a culture
• the self is: subjective = physical culture, objective = symbolic culture

Question 10

what affects how we perceive ourselves?

Answer 10

environment