In this course, we will discuss the
intersections of these two disciplines. Every week will revolve around a new
question, for example: What is culture? What is gender? What is ritual? By addressing these questions, we will go through the development of
anthropological theory and many of the trends in contemporary philosophy. We
will talk about everything from Functionalism to Post-Structuralism, from
Feminism to Actor-Network Theory and Object-Oriented Ontology. Along the way, we will also look at the terms
that show up in anthropological debates all the time and usually lack any
explanation: “ontology”, “epistemology”, “positivism”, “empiricism”,
“phenomenology”, and all of the paradigms and turns you can think
of!
Semester: WiSe 2022/23