Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences
Organization
TÁTK Department of Cultural Anthropology
Code
EKAN102
Title
History of Cultural Anthropology – An Introduction
Usual semester
Autumn
Published semester
2026/27/1
ECTS
3
Language
en
Learning outcomes
History of Anthropology regarding its historical development as a scientific discipline; All major relevant methodologies used by anthropologiests today.
Course content
Course content: The birth of cultural anthropology, significant “armchair” anthropologists (classical evolutionism: Lewis Henry Morgan, Edward Burnett Tylor, James George Frazer, Emile Durkheim; the German-Austrian "Kulturkreis"-school; the British heliocentric diffusionism; Marcel Mauss; Robert Hertz, Arnold Van Gennep)
Assessment method
- Weekly written annotations of all assigned readings - Class participation - Group work - Final Presentation and/or essay
Bibliography
Eriksen. T. H. & Nielsen, F. S. (2001). A History of Anthropology. Pluto Press, London Boas, F. (1962). Anthropology and Modern Life. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York

Programmes of the course

Title (code) Lang. Level Mandatory Year ...
Cultural Anthropology (TÁTK-KAN-NMEN) en 7 Mandatory 1/2
Erasmus Programme (TÁTK-ERASMUS-B-NXXX) en
Erasmus Programme (TÁTK-ERASMUS-M-NXXX) en
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