Module PHL3051 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL3051: The Human Condition: Classic Readings in Anthropology
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
1: Introduction
2: The Enlightenment Paradox: Kant on Race and Cosmopolitanism
3: Charles Darwin and the Evolution of Mankind
4: Friedrich Engels and the Origin of the Family
5: Franz Boas and the Critique of Race
6: Marcel Mauss on Exchange
7: Bronislaw Malinowski: Anthropology and Psychoanalysis
8: Claude Lévi-Strauss and Structuralism
9: Mary Douglas and the Anthropology of Religion
10: Jack Goody and the Impact of Literacy
11: Summary
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
---|---|---|
22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 22 | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 44 | Module reading |
Guided Independent Study | 62 | Essay writing |
Guided Independent Study | 22 | Seminar preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Anthropology Online. Alexander Street Press. Access through Electronic Library.
JSTOR. Access through Electronic Library.
Internet Archive.
Bioheritage Online Library.