ANTH 3690 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Logic, Émile Durkheim, Amplitude Modulation
12 Oct 2018
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ANTH 3690
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Voyages of Geographical Discovery
"Other" used to think of other people
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Western thought basis for Anthropology
Colonial Product
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The Scientific Revolution
Ingestion of modern science of a method of intellectual investigation
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Before, everything was conceived as Christianity
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Growth of specialized science
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Scientists needed to be Christians
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The Enlightenment
Newtons principle of mathematics to French Revolution
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Key concepts emerge for social science
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John Locke
Mind of newborn is blank slate, written on by life
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The Rise of Positivism
Predicting: Science goes through phases until it is able to predict the
future
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Looking for consistent patterns in society that can be replicated in the
future
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Lecture 1: Introduction
Friday, August 10, 2018
9:51 AM
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Evolution: in the realm of culture or biology, the transformation of one form
into another
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19th Century Evolutionists/Classical Cultural Evolutionism
All societies evolved through the same stages and were progressing
toward civilization
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Victorian society = Civilization at the highest (but will be surpassed)
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Degeneration theories
Maybe people were at Victorian society but somehow became
"savages"
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Comparative Method: use of extant primitive peoples to represent
extinct primitive peoples, as in classical cultural evolutionism
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Psychic Unity of Humankind/Mankind: The doctrine that all peoples have
the same fundamental capacity for change
We have limited opportunities in what we can create
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Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881)
Progressive thinker for his time
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Evolution of culture as a general phenomenon
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Fascinated by Iroquois, Part of the League of the Iroquois fraternity order
which tried to recreate Iroquois practices
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Adopted by an Iroquois community
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Started to press court cases to help the Iroquois in the colonial era
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Worked with Ely S. Parker (1828-1895), his research assistant
Informant in the field
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Seneca
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Ancient Society (1877)
Trace the evolution of human society from primeval times to the Victorian
Era
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Two basic forms of government:
Based on kinship
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Based on property
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Modern State: founded upon notions of territory and property rather
than kinship
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Lecture 2: 19th Century Evolutionism
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
11:31 AM
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Document Summary
Ingestion of modern science of a method of intellectual investigation. Mind of newborn is blank slate, written on by life. Predicting: science goes through phases until it is able to predict the future. Looking for consistent patterns in society that can be replicated in the future. Evolution: in the realm of culture or biology, the transformation of one form into another. All societies evolved through the same stages and were progressing toward civilization. Victorian society = civilization at the highest (but will be surpassed) Maybe people were at victorian society but somehow became. Comparative method: use of extant primitive peoples to represent extinct primitive peoples, as in classical cultural evolutionism. Psychic unity of humankind/mankind: the doctrine that all peoples have the same fundamental capacity for change. We have limited opportunities in what we can create. Fascinated by iroquois, part of the league of the iroquois fraternity order which tried to recreate iroquois practices.
