Seminar: Anthropology of Capitalism - Details

Seminar: Anthropology of Capitalism - Details

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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: Anthropology of Capitalism
Semester WS 2010/11
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 0
Heimat-Einrichtung Ethnologie/Kulturvergleichende Soziologie
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Erster Termin Dienstag, 12.10.2010 12:15 - 13:45
Art/Form SE_II (WirTe)
Teilnehmende Modulleistung: Hausarbeit
Voraussetzungen Studienleistung: wird in der ersten Sitzung bekannt gegeben
Studiengänge (für) Studienprogramm: Bachelor 90/60
Modul/Kürzel: Sys_II (WirTe)
SWS 2
Sonstiges Besonderheit: Language of Instruction is English
ECTS-Punkte 5

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Dienstag: 12:15 - 13:45, wöchentlich(14x)

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Kommentar:
In this seminar we will examine capitalism from the point of view of anthropological theories. This is against the backdrop of the global recession and financial crisis that was initially triggered by the failure of a few American financial institutions. It has been described, both by academics and journalists, as a failure of capitalism. Academic classics such as Karl Marx’s Das Kapital and Karl Polanyi’s The Great Transformation have also gained a new lease of life. In the first part of the seminar, we will read and critique works on the history of capitalism as viewed by Karl Marx, his contemporaries and his followers. This will set the stage for the latter part of the seminar, which will be a discussion of contemporary understandings of capitalism among economic anthropologists and other social scientists.