The course is organized in seven modules. The first module of the course, “Methodology”, wants to introduce the student to the most recent methodologies in social science, anthropology, and discourse analysis. The second module on “Identity and Nationalism” analyses the construction of political identity through the concept of imagined community and nationalism. The third module, “Social and Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion”, first aims to introduce the student to the general topic of social anthropology and then examines the field of political anthropology as it was practiced roughly through the 1960s, when anthropologists were primarily concerned with politics in so called primitive societies, institutions of rule in societies in which the state seemed absent, and the evolutionary and historical emergence of the state. It then looks at the implications of anthropologists’ recognition of the importance of colonialism and global capitalism on the societies they studied. In order to understand the construction of structured and political order through religious believes elements of Anthropology of Religion are provided in this part of the course. “Power”, “Security and Insecurity”, and “Globalization and Culture” (fourth, fifth, and sixth module) considers the way anthropologists have rethought the concept of power, influenced by transformations in the societies they studied, security and insecurity concerns, changes in the global political economy, and ideas from thinkers outside the field of anthropology. In doing so, it examines both “formal” politics and everyday forms of power, domination and resistance and how the construction of security and insecurity narratives have contributed to solidify the power of political elites. Then we consider politics, power, and culture in an age of “globalization”- questioning that term even as we examine its implications for identity, the state, and political action, and emphasizing the ways ethnographically grounded anthropological research can shift from the micro level to illuminate large-scale, national, transnational and global processes. The final module of the course examines, and investigates three monographic aspects which summarize the essence of the course on Political Anthropology: the construction of the modern political religion (Emilio Gentile), how human crowds are constructed and manipulated by power (Elias Canetti), and how a narrative has constructed a unique space-temporal dimension in which the Jewish people live (Shlomo Sand). |
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Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction, course outline and Philosophy of Science: Ways of Knowing – Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research; |
Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Introduction
• Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 1.
• Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 1.
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2) |
1st Module: “Methodology: Life-Modes”
State, Culture and Life-Modes
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Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 1
• Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 2.
• Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.London: Pluto. Chapter 2.
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3) |
1st Module: “Methodology: Life-Modes
State, Culture and Life-Modes
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Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 2
• Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 3.
• Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 3.
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4) |
2nd Module: Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion |
Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 3
• Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.
Chapter 4.
• Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.London: Pluto. Chapter 4.
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5) |
2nd Module: Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion |
Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate, Chapter 4
• Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger. Chapter 5.
• Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto. Chapter 5
• Kitap incelemesi teslimi
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6) |
3rd Module: “Identity and Nationalism |
Hall, Stuart, and du Gay, Paul. Ed. 2007. Questions of Cultural Identity. London:
Sage Publications.
• Hobsbawm, E.J.. Ed. 2010. Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge University Press. Chapter
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• Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 6.
• Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.
London: Pluto. Chapter 6.
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7) |
Course review and homework (project proposal) submission |
Project Proposal 1 : 250-word proposal for major paper is due in this week |
8) |
3rd Module: “Identity and Nationalism” |
Hearn, Jonathan. 2006. Rethinking Nationalism: A Critical Introduction. New York:
Palgrave Macmillian.
• Anderson, Benedict. Ed. 2006. Imagined Communities. London: Verso.
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• Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.
Chapter 7.
• Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.
London: Pluto. Chapter 7.
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9) |
4th Module: “Power”
Power in the Global Age
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Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.
Chapter 8.
• Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.
London: Pluto. Chapter 8.
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10) |
4th Module: “Power”
Communication Power
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Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.
Chapter 9.
• Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics.
London: Pluto. Chapter 9.
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11) |
5th Module: “Security and Insecurity
From international to world society? - English school theory and the social structure
of globalization; and
Security: A New Framework for Analysis
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Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 10. |
12) |
5th Module: “Security and Insecurity |
Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.Chapter 11.
Proje önerisi 2: 500 kelime
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13) |
6th Module: “Globalization and Culture
• Globalization: a critical introduction
• Globalization and Culture.
Oral defense of final work |
Vincent, Joan. Ed. 2002. The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory,
and Critique. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Chapter 32.
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14) |
6th Module: “Globalization and Culture
•Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger
• The Geopolitics of Emotion – How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope Are Reshaping the World?
Oral defense of project
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Vincent, Joan. Ed. 2002. The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory,
and Critique. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Chapter 33
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Course Notes: |
Philosophy of Science:
Moses, Jonathon W, and Knutsen, Torbjorn. 2007. Ways of Knowing – Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Methodology:
Thomas Hojrup, 2003, State, Culture and Life Modes, Aldershot: Ashgate.
Political Anthropology, and Anthropology of Religion:
Lewellen, Ted. C. 2003. Political Anthropology – An Introduction. London: Praeger.
Gledhill, John. 2000. Power and its Disguises: Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto.
Bowie, Fiona. Ed. 2006.The Anthropology of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing
4. Identity and Nationalism:
Hall, Stuart, and du Gay, Paul. Ed. 2007. Questions of Cultural Identity. London: Sage Publications.
Hobsbawm, E.J.. Ed. 2010. Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality. Cambridge University Press.
Hearn, Jonathan. 2006. Rethinking Nationalism: A Critical Introduction. New York: Palgrave
Macmillian.
Anderson, Benedict. Ed. 2006. Imagined Communities. London: Verso.
Power:
• Beck, Ulrich. Ed 2006. Power in the Global Age. Cambridge: Polity
• Castells, Manuel. 2009. Communication Power. Oxford University Press.
Security and Insecurity:
• Buzan, Barry. 2004. From international to world society? - English school theory and the social
structure of globalization. Cambridge University Press
• Buzan, Barry, Ole Waever and Jaap de Wilde. 1997. Security: A New Framework for Analysis. Lynne
Rienner Publishers Inc
• Campbell, David. Ed. 1998. Writing Security: United States Foreign Policy and the Politics of Identity.
Minneapolis/Manchester: University of Minnesota Press/Manchester University Press.
• Huysmans, Jef. 2006. The Politics of Insecurity: Fear, migration and asylum in EU. London: Routledge.
Globalization and Culture:
• Scholte, Jan Aart. Ed. 2005. Globalization: a critical introduction. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Tomlinson, John, Ed. 2008. Globalization and Culture. Cambridge: Polity
• Appadurai, Arjun. 2006. Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger. Duke
University Press.
• Moisi, Dominique, 2010. The Geopolitics of Emotion – How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope
Are Reshaping the World. New York: Anchor Books.
Monographic Textbooks:
• Gentile, Emilio. 2006. Politics as Religion. Princeton University Press;
• Gentile, Emilio. 2008. God's Democracy: American Religion After September 11 - Religion, Politics
and Public Life. Greenwood
• Canetti, Elias. Ed. 1992. Crowds and Power. London: Penguin Books
• Sand, Shlomo, 2010. The Invention of the Jewish People. London: Verso
Fiction:
• Orwell, George. Ed. 2000. Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Penguin Books
-Additional readings will be announced. |
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