ANTH 202 Lecture 1: Lecture 1

• School: McGill University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 202
• Professor: Eduardo Kohn

Document Summary

Lecture 1: the riddle of the sphinx (sept 2nd) Greek mythology: the sphinx is said to have guarded the entrance to the greek city of thebes. Oedipus answered man: baby, adult, old man (with cane) The computer who gave this a(cid:374)swe(cid:396) said (cid:862)o(cid:374)ly whe(cid:374) you k(cid:374)ow the (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) will you k(cid:374)ow the (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g to the a(cid:374)swe(cid:396)(cid:863) When sleeping in the jungle, if a jaguar sees your face, he will back off. If you sleep on your side or stomach, he sees you as dead meat. The jagua(cid:396) asks (cid:862)a(cid:396)e you p(cid:396)ey? (cid:863), you a(cid:374)swe(cid:396) (cid:271)y fa(cid:272)i(cid:374)g it and claiming you are the jaguar. Bipedal, distinct from animals due to language, culture, society.