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further_information_about_this_unit

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tural setting, allows for a particularly intimate understanding of people's experiences of the social worlds t... the importance of this experiential intimacy for understanding some of the key issues associated with globali... ropology different from other social sciences. * Understand the key concepts with which anthropologists define society, social form, and social change. * Understand how anthropologists apply these key concepts to c

13.1

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s this diversity through the lens of culture. To understand many contemporary issues, you need to understand culture and how culture influences how people think and act.... is strange for someone from another culture. * To understand someone's cultural system, we have to see it from... uals think, act and cooperate with each other. To understand why people live a certain way, we must look at ho

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aking an argument * Anthropology is relevant to understanding contemporary life. * Anthropology's key concept - culture - helps us to understand what happens when different societies influence e... ltural context Anthropology is a distinct way of understanding human behavior and community. Anthropology loo... uals think, act and cooperate with each other. To understand why people live a certain way, we must look at ho

1.1

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ger cultural context, anthropology is relevant to understanding a lot of issues and problems. A broad perspect... uals think, act and cooperate with each other. To understand why people live a certain way, we must look at ho... date some of anthropology's key ideas in order to understand contemporary societies. ## A guide to the unit

3.1

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of a social system is also a very useful lens for understanding contemporary societies. This week, I'd like to... s of exchange in one society determine how people understand new ways of exchange. * Many societies opt for '

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ther words, anthropologists argue that you cannot understand life in the contemporary world by a **"from-to" s... ent types of society, and one can compare them to understand each better. ## Weber and modernity ## For Webe

2.1

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iprocate. We then talk about why this matters to understanding contemporary society. ## References ## Anony

4.0

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asp the social rules and institutions in order to understand how a global order is created and maintained. #

4.2

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Efflorescence * Transformation We started with understanding these as separate responses to the confrontati

5.1

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whelm it. This perspective has helped scholars to understand how capitalism has changed in the 20th century.

13.2

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temporary societies are all different, but we can understand them all as variations on the encounter of reci

assessments

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stions, some of which ask you to demonstrate your understanding of key ideas from the class, and others which

learning_structure_and_attendance

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u spend in class, the better you do, the more you understand, and the more fun the whole class is. We want you

welcome_to_anthropology

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er people in distinct ways. Therefore, you cannot understand contemporary trends from a single culture's point

what_we_do_in_class

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om class readings. That's how you know you really understand something. Lectures are important too. In lectu