Lettere | CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

cod. 0312600001

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

	0312600001
	DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES

	ARTS
	2014/2015

CURRICULUM LETTERE MODERNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-DEA/01	6	30	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	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.

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 II MODULO RAFFAELE PETTAZZONI, SAGGI DI STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI E DI MITOLOGIA (LA FORMAZIONE DEL MONOTEISMO – MONOTEISMO E POLITEISMO – MITOLOGIA AUSTRALIANA – LA CATENA DI FRECCE – LA CONFESSIONE DEI PECCATI – SINCRETISMO E CONVERSIONE – RELIGIONI NAZIONALI, SUPERNAZIONALI E MISTERICHE – LA STORIA RELIGIOSA DEL GIAPPONE), LOFFREDO EDITORE UNIVERSITY PRESS, NAPOLI 2012. III MODULO. GIOVANNI CASADIO, LO SCIAMANESIMO PRIMA E DOPO MIRCEA ELIADE, ROMA 2014, ED. IL CALAMO.

Texts

I MODULO
DOMENICO SCAFOGLIO, INTRODUZIONE ALLA RICERCA ETNOANTROPOLOGICA, EDITORE CUES, SALERNO 2006

II MODULO
RAFFAELE PETTAZZONI, SAGGI DI STORIA DELLE RELIGIONI E DI MITOLOGIA (LA FORMAZIONE DEL MONOTEISMO – MONOTEISMO E POLITEISMO – MITOLOGIA AUSTRALIANA – LA CATENA DI FRECCE – LA CONFESSIONE DEI PECCATI – SINCRETISMO E CONVERSIONE – RELIGIONI NAZIONALI, SUPERNAZIONALI E MISTERICHE – LA STORIA RELIGIOSA DEL GIAPPONE), LOFFREDO EDITORE UNIVERSITY PRESS, NAPOLI 2012.

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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