SUBJECT

Title

Political Anthropology

Type of instruction

lecture + practical

Level

master

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences

Part of degree program

Cultural Anthropology MA

Credits

3+3

Recommended in

Semesters 2-3

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

The „Political Anthropology 1. and 2.(lecture and seminar) intends to introduce the diversity of political systems, and the anthropological research of authority, the space and movement of influence. Students will learn about the various human communities with different governmental systems and underlying ideologies, and symbols of ideologies, working through questions of legitimacy and representation.

Course content: Research Trends and schools; Typology of political systems (hordes, tribal societies, chieftainships, states); Development of theories of the state; Ideologies and legal systems; The power of symbolism and structure; Political rituals; Nationalism theories.