Course: Anthropology of Power - KA24

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Course title Anthropology of Power - KA24
Course code KSA/ANMO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Horáková Hana, doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to political anthropology 2. Theoretical framing of political anthropology 3. Evolutionist perspective: from band and tribe to nation 4. Functionalist perspective: typologies, structures 5. State in political anthropology 6. Structure and Process 7. Religion in politics 8. Politics, authority, power, legitimization 9. Power and knowledge 10. Power and gender 11. Politics and culture: political culture 12. The politics of identity

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course will introduce the basic characteristics and starting points of political anthropology as a specific subdiscipline of socio-cultural anthropology, which deals in an intercultural perspective with the analysis of the origin, development and functioning of political systems and institutions. Students will be introduced to different approaches and insights into political phenomena of diverse societies and cultures. The understanding of European and Central European case studies and ethnographies is essential, as well as those addressing African issues because the origin of Political Anthropology is closely linked to African Studies.
After successfully completing the course, the student will be able to gain an anthropological perspective on examining the political side of social reality; use the conceptualization of power to grasp current processes in both local and global contexts; discuss the interconnectedness of political phenomena with the broader framework of the social structure of societies.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Written exam

Recommended literature
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  • Almond, G. A. (1983). Communism and Political Culture Theory. In Comparative Politics.
  • Almond, G. A.- Verba, S. (1980). The Civic Culture Revisited. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
  • Bailey, F. G. (2001). Stratagems and Spoils: A Social Anthropology of Politics.
  • Balandier, G. (2000). Politická antropologie. Praha: Dauphin.
  • Barth, F. (1965). Political Leadership among Swat Pathans.. Berg Publishers.
  • Buzalka, J. (2012). Slovenská ideológia a kríza: eseje z antropológie politiky. Bratislava: Kalligram.
  • Cleassen, H. - Skalnik, P. (1978). The Early State.. The Hague: Mouton publishers.
  • GIRARD, R. (1997). Obětní beránek.. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
  • Gluckman, M. 1965. Politics, law and ritual in tribal society. Chicago: Aldine..
  • HEYWOOD, Andrew. (1994). Politické ideologie. Praha.
  • Holý, L. (2001). Malý český člověk a skvělý český národ. Národní identita a postkomunistická transformace společnosti. Praha: Slon..
  • Horáková H., Nugent, P., Skalník, P. (2010). Africa: Power and Powerlessness. Berlin: LIT Verlag.
  • Kurtz, D. (2001). Political anthropology: paradigms and power. Boulder: Westview Press.
  • LEWELLEN, Ted. C. Political Anthropology. An Introduction. Westport: Praeger, 2003..
  • Nugent, D., Vincent, J. (2007). A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics. Blackwell.
  • Scott, J. C. (1985). Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance.. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  • Skovajsa, M. (2006). Politická kultura: přístupy, kritiky, ulatnění ve zkoumání politiky.. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Swartz, M. - Turner, V. - Tuden, A. (2006). Political Anthropology.. Aldine Transaction.
  • Vincent, J. ed. (2002). The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Welch, S. (2013). The Theory of Political Culture. Oxford: OUP.
  • Wydra, H. and Thomassen B. (2018). Handbook of Political Anthropology. Edward Elgar Pub.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2024) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2024) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2024) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -