ANT100Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Emic And Etic, Clifford Geertz, Jacques Lacan

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
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Document Summary

Origin of modern anthropology- age of imperialism (west) Non-west understood through- linguistic, cultural(social), physical(racial), material(cult, archae). Indo-european language more advanced (scholar karl wilhelm friedrich schlegel) Culture on evolutionary scheme: primitive (haven"t changed savage), nomads or barbarians, agric civi, modern western civi(highest). Western anth who furthered respect for non-west pple- bronislaw. Malinowski (researched three types of cultural data and essense of function found in needs of individuals, each culture responds to its own niche(func) equally well ) Franz boas(concerned with practical social issues like racism, eugenics, educ. Father of modern cult ant, we are all equally human. -margaret mead (feminist in cul ant, ). (they all wanted to salvage traditional culture) Sign-items that stand for other items (e. g dog stands for a certain animal, so does a picture) Symbols- signs that are arbitrary(no connection between the sign and what it stands for) and conventional(traditional) (connected only through signification e. g language)