Course Description

AN371 History of Anthropological Theory 0.5

Precursors of anthropology in the ancient world, anthropology and the enlightenment, the rise and fall of racial determinism, the evolutionary paradigm, the schools of Durkheim and Boas, functionalism, structuralism, the revival of evolutionary theory, cognitive and interpretative anthropology. (AN 352 - U of W)

Prerequisite: A 200 level credit in Anthropology.

Exclusion: AN370*.

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

M. Watson, Editor