CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Giovanni CASADIO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

0312600001
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
ARTS
2018/2019

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2015
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
Objectives
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY IS THE SCIENCE THAT STUDIES HUMANS AS CULTURAL ANIMALS IN ALL THEIR MANIFESTATIONS THAT TRANSCEND THE NATURAL SPHERE. IT THEREFORE INVESTIGATES KINSHIP SYSTEMS (FAMILY AND MARRIAGE), POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS, WAR, AUTHORITY, ECONOMY, SYMBOLICAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING BODY PERFORMANCES), CUSTOMS AND RITUALS (INCLUDING MAGIC), COGNITIVE INSTITUTIONS AND MODELS (IDENTITY, ROLES, CHANGE, GENDER)), RELIGIONS AS A SYMBOLIC SYSTEM IN A CROSS-CULTURAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE. STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING CAPACITIES AND JUDGMENT AUTONOMY CAN BE PROMOTED THROUGH CAREFUL CRITICISM IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE SOURCES AND AN OPEN APPROACH FREE FROM ANY DOGMATIC PRECONCEPTIONS.
Prerequisites
NONE
Contents
THE COURSE IS ARTICULATED THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OF RESEARCH. 1 (GENERAL INTRODUCTION). THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN ITALY AND THE WORLD (THEORIES, METHODS, THEMES) 2 (MONOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY). INSTITUTIONALIZED HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE: FROM GREEK-MELANESIAN RITUAL PEDERASTY TO SHAMANIC TRANSSEXUALISM.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Verification of learning
ORAL TESTS
Texts
I MODULO
DOMENICO SCAFOGLIO, INTRODUZIONE ALLA RICERCA ETNOANTROPOLOGICA, EDITORE CUES, SALERNO 2006
R. H. ROBBINS, ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE, UTET, TORINO 2015.

II MODULO
RAFFAELE PETTAZZONI, SAGGI DI STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI E DI MITOLOGIA, MIMESIS EDITORE, MILANO 2017.


III MODULO.
GIOVANNI CASADIO, LO SCIAMANESIMO PRIMA E DOPO MIRCEA ELIADE, ROMA 2014, ED. IL CALAMO.
More Information
PROF. GIOVANNI CASADIO,
CATTEDRA DI STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO
DIP. DI STUDI UMANISTICI (EX SCIENZE DELL'ANTICHITÀ)
I-84084 FISCIANO (SA)
GIOCASADIO@ALICE.IT
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