hero in literature." Nuvvo. Savvica‚ Inc‚ n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2014. . Ridgeway‚ William. "THE ORIGIN OF TRAGEDY: INTRODUCTION." Theatrehistory. N.p.‚ 2002. Web. 1 Mar. 2014. . Sophocles. Anitgone. Trans. Nicholas Rudall. Ed. Nicholas Rudall and Bernard Sahlins. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee‚ 1998. Print.
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PS 101: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE Fall 2003 Professor Marc Ross Overview. What is politics and how do political scientists study it? If this question were asked about one of the natural sciences‚ students would be given a short definition‚ examples of key problems it addresses‚ and an overview of the methods employed in the field. Political science‚ however‚ cannot offer a clear single answer. Rather‚ political scientists study politics in a wide range of settings and in a variety of ways
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Marshall Sahlins’ has a quote that we stand on the shoulders of giants to shit on their heads reflects the idea of paradigm shift. The shoulders personify the collective knowledge of those researchers before us‚ as students it is where we gain our information. It is not through our own work that we initially study our respective fields; we study the accumulation of work that those giants have codified. The shit represents new ideas‚ criticism‚ and reworking of the previously held beliefs. The
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Anthro. 3: Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology x. liu Fall 2013: MWF: 1-2pm‚ 155 Dwinelle Office Hours: Weds.‚ 2-5pm; 301 Kroeber Hall (Tel.: 2-0705) E-mail: xinliu@berkeley.edu This course introduces anthropological topics in the subfield of social/cultural anthropology‚ with a particular aim for students to learn a lesson about the idea of culture and its relevance for our global struggles today. For such a goal to be achieved‚ there is no way for us to avoid a historical perspective
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Why study Gifts? The anthropology of gifts has been mostly studied in the context of non-Western cultures. The important roles of gift giving were highlighted by classical anthropologists such as Malinowski‚ Mauss and Levi-Strauss. They stressed the significance of reciprocity and obligation suggested in gift exchange and that gift giving is a one practice of material expression that integrates a society. Gift giving is essential to the studies of many anthropological debates such as sociability
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Many exchange mechanisms can be observed throughout the worlds cultures; these include reciprocity‚ redistribution and down the line exchange. Reciprocity is a form of gift exchange whereby objects have no concept of perceived value. Social gain is seen as more important than any potential economic result in this system. An object would be presented to another and this gesture insure social relations‚ a return object (or gesture) may be presented at a later date‚ but the main aim of reciprocity
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Bristol 11 September 2006‚ University of Bristol‚ United Kingdom viewed 4 November 2012‚ <http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2001/cannibal.htm> Lindenhaum‚ S 2009‚ ‘Cannibalism‚ kuru and anthropology’‚ Folia Neuropathologica‚ Vol. 47 (2)‚ pp. 138-44. Sahlins‚ M 1978‚ ‘Culture as protein and profit‚’ New York Review of Books‚ pp. 45-53. Conklin‚ B.A 2001‚ ‘Consuming grief: compassionate cannibalism in an Amazonian society’‚ Austin‚ Texas: University of Texas Press. Introduction. Arens‚ W‚ Harris‚ M‚ Stanley
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SOCIAL EVOLUTIONISM & HISTORICISM (Aguilar‚ Alexa Nicole Dizon‚ Isabela Maquimot‚ Jaimee Faye) * Introduction to Social/Sociocultural Evolutionism Commonalities among Classical Theories * Social Evolution is the process by which structural reorganization is affected through time‚ eventually producing a form or structure which is qualitatively different from the ancestral form. * Society is inevitable to change. * Societies start out in a primitive state and gradually become
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Assessment 3 – Individual Essay Introduction The discovery of Hawai’i and other Pacific Islands by Polynesian explorers is one of the most remarkable human achievements in history. The discovery and migration to the remote islands of Hawai’i began before the birth of Christ. Polynesian explorers began to settle in the largest ocean on Earth over an area of more than ten million square miles and although this migration took over one thousand years to complete‚ navigating these islands involved finding
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& Dore‚ R. (Eds.). (1996). National diversity and global capitalism. Ithaca‚ NY: Cornell University Press. Botzem‚ S.‚ & Quack‚ S. (2006). Contested rules and shifting boundaries: International standard setting in accounting. In M.-L. Djelic‚ & K. Sahlin Andersson (Eds.)‚ Transnational governance (pp. 266–286). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Boyer‚ R.‚ & Drache‚ D. (Eds.). (1996). States against markets: The limits of globalization. London: Routledge. Campbell‚ J.‚ Hall‚ J. A.‚ & Pedersen
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