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Lecturer(s)
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Mildnerová Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Course content: The content of the course is an outline of basic anthropological theories dealing with the relationship between ritual, society and culture. Students will be introduced to key concepts in ritual theory such as - sacred and profane, space and time, corporeality, liminarity, sacrifice, symbol and archetype - as they are understood in the societies that anthropologists conventionally focus on. The starting point will be the classic texts of Émile Durkheim, Arnold van Gennep, Victor Turner, Mary Douglas, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Clifford Geertz and others. Content of lectures: 1. Introductory lecture 2. Introduction to the study of ritual; definition of ritual 3. Introduction to the study of ritual: function and typology of rituals 4. Evolutionist interpretations of ritual - (J. Frazer, E. B. Tylor, W. R. Smith) 5. Cambridge School of Ritualism - (J.E. Harrison, G. Murray) 6. Sociological interpretations of ritual - (É. Durkheim, M. Mauss) 7. Functionalist theories of ritual (A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, R.A. Rappaport, B. Malinowski) 8. Symbolic interpretation of the ritual M. Douglas 9. Rites of passage (A. van Gennep; V. Turner, M. Gluckman, B. Lincoln) 10. Interpretative approaches to study of ritual by C. Geertz 11. Myth I. (Cambridge School of Ritualism) 12. Myth II. (Structural Interpretation of Ritual Claude Levi-Strauss)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to familiarize students with basic anthropological theories dealing with the relationship between ritual, society and culture. Students will be introduced to key concepts in ritual theory such as - sacred and profane, space and time, corporeality, liminarity, sacrifice, symbol and archetype - as they are understood in the societies that anthropologists conventionally focus on. The starting point will be the classic texts of Émile Durkheim, Arnold van Gennep, Victor Turner, Mary Douglas, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Clifford Geertz and others.
After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to describe approaches to the study of ritual in an anthropological and religious perspective; clarify the relationship between ritual and social order; clarify examples of rituals in individual theoretical perspectives; discuss the role of ritual in contemporary society
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Prerequisites
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Students are required to attend the lectures of the course, participate on discussions and study the assigned readings.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
participation in lectures, written test
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Recommended literature
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Bowie Fiona. (2008). Antropologie náboženství. Praha: Portal.
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Douglas, Mary. (1970). Natural symbols. Explorations in cosmology (chapter 1). New York: Pantheon Books.
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Durkheim, Emile. (2002). Elementární formy náboženského života. Praha: Oikoymen.
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Geertz, Clifford. (2000). Interpretace kultur (kapitola 6). Praha: SLON.
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Kandert, Josef. (2010). Náboženské systémy. Člověk náboženský a jak mu porozumět. Praha: Grada.
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Turner Victor. (2004). Průběh rituálu. Brno: Computer Press.
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Van Gennep, Arnold. (1997). Přechodové rituály. Praha: NLN.
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