Carleton University · ANTH 5570

Political Anthropology

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Can anthropology help us understand politics? Can ethnographic encounters help us approach political theory and political action differently? This seminar will focus on concepts (power, authority, equality) and practices (resistance, subjection, solidarity) through which anthropologists invite us to rethink the way we live together.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 4570 , for which additional credit is precluded.
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Can anthropology help us understand politics? Can ethnographic encounters help us approach political theory and political action differently? This seminar will focus on concepts (power, authority, equality) and practices (resistance, subjection, solidarity) through which anthropologists invite us to rethink the way we live together.

  • Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 4570 , for which additional credit is precluded.

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