Department of
Anthropology College of Arts & Sciences The University of Alabama
Background
of Anthropological Thought
Charles
W. Nuckolls, Professor
348-8202
cnuckoll@tenhoor.as.ua.edu
Required
Texts Available for Purchase
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Durkheim,
E. The
Division of Labor in Society
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Durkheim,
E. The
Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
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Tucker.
R. ed. The
Marx-Engels Reader
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Weber,
M. The
Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
- Benedict, R.
Patterns of Culture
Requirements
There
is a lot of reading. Students are advised to keep up with, if not ahead,
of the assigned readings.
Three
papers will be required, from five to seven pages each.
The first will be assigned at the end of the second week, and will
address Durkheim’s The Division of Labor in Society.
The second will focus on a comparison of Marx and Durkheim.
The third will concern Weber and Benedict, and will be turned in the last
day of class (November 29).
Class
attendance is very important, and will be monitored by the instructor.
If, for any reason, you must be absent, please inform the instructor by
phone or e-mail. Papers must be turned in on time. Late papers will be marked down one half grade, for each day
they are late, and will not be accepted after the third day in any case.
Reaction
papers must be submitted for each newly assigned reading, and are due at the
beginning of class. They will not
be graded, but you must turn them in. This
is your chance to weigh and evaluate the readings, and to consider questions
that might not come up during class. If
more than one reaction paper is missed, your grade may be lowered.
Tentative
Schedule
August 23 (Thursday):
Introduction: What are
social facts?
Emile
Durkheim, Part One
August
28 (Tuesday)
Durkheim,
E. The Division of Labor in
Society (preface to the first
edition; introduction; chapter one; chapter two.)
August
30 (Thursday)
Durkheim,
E. The Division of Labor in
Society (chapter three; chapter four)
September
4 (Tuesday)
Durkheim,
E. The Division of Labor in
Society (chapter five; chapter six; chapter seven)
*
* First paper assigned today, due in one week at
beginning of class * *
September
6 (Thursday)
Durkheim, E.
The Division of Labor in Society (book two, chapter one; book
three, chapter one; chapter two)
Karl
Marx
September
11 (Tuesday)
Marx,
K. The Economic and
Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
*
* first paper due today at beginning of class * *
September
13 (Thursday)
Marx,
K. The Economic and
Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
September
18 (Tuesday)
Marx,
K. The German Ideology:
Part One
September
20 (Thursday)
Marx,
K. Wage, Labour, and Capital;
The Communist Manifesto
September
25 (Tuesday)
Marx, K.
con’t
September
27 (Thursday): no class today
Emile
Durkheim, Part Two
October
2 (Tuesday)
Durkkeim,
E. The Elementary Forms
(Chapter one; Book two, chapter one; chapter two; chapter three)
October
4 (Thursday)
Durkheim,
E. The Elementary Forms
(book two, chapter six; chapter seven; chapter eight)
October
9 (Tuesday)
Durkheim,
E. The Elementary Forms
(Book three, chapter one; chapter two)
*
* second paper assigned today, due in one week * *
October
11 (Thursday)
Durkheim,
E. The Elementary Forms
(Book Three, chapter five; conclusion)
Max
Weber
October
16 (Tuesday)
Weber,
M. The Protestant Ethic and the
Spirit of Capitalism
*
* second paper due today at beginning of class * *
October
18 (Thursday)
Weber,
M. The Protestant Ethic and the
Spirit of Capitalism
October
23 (Tuesday)
Weber,
M. con’t.
October
25 (Thursday)
Weber,
M. con’t.
Ruth
Benedict
October
30 (Tuesday)
Benedict,
R. Patterns of Culture
(Chapter one; chapter two)
November
1 (Thursday)
Benedict,
R. Patterns of Culture
(chapter three; chapter four)
November
6 (Tuesday)
Benedict,
R. Patterns of Culture
(chapter five; chapter six)
November
8 (Thursday)
Benedict,
R. Patterns of Culture
(chapter seven; chapter eight)
Sahlins,
Turner, Geertz, and Hallowell
(with a little Nuckolls, too)
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November
13 (Tuesday)
Sahlins,
M. “Colors and Cultures”
(copy in Anthropology Lounge)
November
15 (Thursday)
Turner, V.
“Symbols in African Ritual” (copy in Lounge)
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November
20 (Tuesday)
Geertz,
C. “From the Native’s Point
of View: On the Nature of
Anthropological Understanding” (in Lounge)
November 22 (Thursday) Thanksgiving Day
Holiday 
November
25 (Tuesday) TBA
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November
27 (Thursday)
Hallowell,
A. “Cultural Factors in Spatial
Organization” (in Lounge)
Nuckolls,
C. “The Cultural Construction
of Psychiatric Diagnosis” (in Lounge)
**third paper topic assigned today**
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November
29 (Tuesday)
Guest
Lecture
* * turn in final paper today * *
To
Help You with your Writing:
- English
Usage
(The famed and dreaded "gorilla paper" devoted to my war against
self-destructive writing, illustrated with examples from student papers!)
[100K in several files]
- Specimen
Bibliography Format
(A very useful guide to doing citations and bibliographies in termpapers
and articles.) [29K]
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