Peoples and cultures of the world /
In this course of lectures, Edward Fischer surveys anthropology, the study of human societies and comparative customs with a special emphasis on pre-capitalist societies and the things which pre-capitalist societies and modern societies have in common.
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| Format: | CD Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chantilly, VA :
Teaching Co.,
[2004]
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| Series: | Great courses (Compact disc)
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. lecture 1. The study of humanity
- lecture 2. The four fields of anthropology
- lecture 3. Culture and relativity
- lecture 4. Fieldwork and the anthropological method
- lecture 5. Nature, nurture, and human behavior
- lecture 6. Languages, dialects, and social categories
- lecture 7. Language and thought
- lecture 8. Constructing emotions and identities
- lecture 9. Magic, religion, and codes of conduct
- lecture 10. Rites of passage
- lecture 11. Family, marriage, and incest
- lecture 12. Multiple spouses and matrilineality
- pt. 2. lecture 13. Gatherers and hunters
- lecture 14. Headmen and horticulturists
- lecture 15. Cannibalism and violence
- lecture 16. The role of reciprocity
- lecture 17. Chiefdoms and redistribution
- lecture 18. Cultural contact and colonialism
- lecture 19. Cultures of capitalism
- lecture 20. Is economics rational?
- lecture 21. Late capitalism : from Ford to Disney
- lecture 22. The Maya, ancient and modern
- lecture 23. Maya resurgence in Guatemala and Mexico
- lecture 24. The Janus face of globalization.