Semester:
Spring
Offered:
2023
Prof. Ajantha Subramanian
Th 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
This required seminar offers an overview of theoretical trends in social anthropology from approximately the 1960s and situates these trends within longer genealogies of social thought. The central animating concept guiding our foray into social theoretical and anthropological work is "Power." Our analysis of the social workings of power will be structured by four conceptual rubrics: political economy, institutions, knowledge, and space.
Course Notes:
Required of candidates for the PhD in Social Anthropology. Not open to undergraduates.