Peoples and Cultures of the World
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Reveal the extraordinary power of anthropology as a tool to understand the world's varied human societies, including our own, taught by a renowned expert.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Study of Humanity
- 02: The Four Fields of Anthropology
- 03: Culture and Relativity
- 04: Fieldwork and the Anthropological Method
- 05: Nature, Nurture, and Human Behavior
- 06: Languages, Dialects, and Social Categories
- 07: Language and Thought
- 08: Constructing Emotions and Identities
- 09: Magic, Religion, and Codes of Conduct
- 10: Rites of Passage
- 11: Family, Marriage, and Incest
- 12: Multiple Spouses and Matrilineality
- 13: Gatherers and Hunters
- 14: Headmen and Horticulturists
- 15: Cannibalism and Violence
- 16: The Role of Reciprocity
- 17: Chiefdoms and Redistribution
- 18: Cultural Contact and Colonialism
- 19: Cultures of Capitalism
- 20: Is Economics Rational?
- 21: Late Capitalism-From Ford to Disney
- 22: The Maya, Ancient and Modern
- 23: Maya Resurgence in Guatemala and Mexico
- 24: The Janus Face of Globalization
Taught by
Edward Fischer
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