The course is offered to foreign students. The course is taught in English only. The goal of this course is to enable the students to orientate in the basic terminology, concepts and theory of cultural anthropology; to familiarize them with the work of the most important anthropologists; to present them the key anthropological publications and to show examples of anthropological research of various kinds of societies. In the framework of this course, the anthropological theory of culture and the related terminology will be explained. In conclusion to the theories of culture and society, other fields of study of classical anthropology, like kinship, economic, political, and religious systems as well as the relationship between language and culture will be explained. Apart from classical themes and approaches, the possibilities of study of the modern complex societies will be presented. Particular ethnographical and historical examples, related publications and important researchers will be presented for each of the topics.
- Teacher: Hirt Tomáš