History of Cultural Anthropology doctrines
Course: Cultural Studies 2020
Structural unit: Faculty of Philosophy
Title
History of Cultural Anthropology doctrines
Code
ННД.15
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
To know the history of the formation of cultural doctrines, their content.
To know the specifics of the historical stage within a particular cultural phenomenon, a particular cultural school, trend, direction.
Justify the status and specificity of cultural studies within the general classification of sciences.
Ability to theoretically summarize the current problems of cultural studies at the present stage of its development.
Explain the cultural paradigms of the modern world.
Ability to effectively carry out interpersonal communication in the field of cultural studies.
Ability to independently analyze historical and contemporary scientific literature in the field of cultural studies with a high degree of fluency and independence.
Apply cultural knowledge
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Requirements for mastering the discipline: possession of knowledge, skills and abilities provided by the courses "Introduction to the specialty", "History of World Culture", "History of Philosophy".
Course content
1 Methodological aspects of cultural studies
2 Semiotics of culture
3 Mythology as a cultural phenomenon. Religion as a cultural phenomenon.
4 Formation of cultural theory. The evolutionary concept of culture
5 Diffusionism and the theory of "cultural circles"
6 Functionalism of B. Malinowski and A. Radcliffe-Brown
7 Sources and origins of psychological anthropology
8 Historical ethnology of F.Boas. The school of "culture and personality"
9 The game concept of culture. Interpretive anthropology
10 Control work 1
11 Features of the development of American cultural thought in the second half of the twentieth century.
12 Formation of historical and cultural thought in Ukraine
13 Phenomenology of culture
14 Structuralism and the study of culture
15 Basic concepts of myth research in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
16 Futurological concepts in cultural studies. Self-work: essay
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
9. Claude Levi-Strauss. Anthropologie structurale. 1958.
10. Claude Levi-Strauss. La Pensée sauvage («Первісне мислення»)1962.
11. Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown. Natural Science of Society, 1957.
12. Roland Barnhtes. Mythologies. Paris.1957.
13. Bronislaw Malinowski. The Scientific Theory of Culture. 1944.
14. Mircea Eliade. The Dynamics of Culture Change.1945.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation of semester work:
1. Oral report, additions and participation in discussions at seminars - 45 / 75 points
2. Independent work (essay) - 5 / 10 points
3. Control work - 10 / 15 points
Final assessment in the form of an exam:
Written exam - 24 / 40 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Andrii
Oleksandrovych
Pohorilyi
Department of Ukrainian Philosophy and Culture
Faculty of Philosophy
Faculty of Philosophy
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Ukrainian Philosophy and Culture
Faculty of Philosophy