https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/SOCL5054?type=COREThe course examines key theoretical concepts and approaches in classic and contemporary anthropology, following two parallel paths: the first follows on the history of the discipline and explores the development of the French, British and American schools of anthropology; while the second, is thematic and examines key themes and debates in anthropology, namely on the unity of mankind, cultural relativism, myth and ritual, structure and function, culture and history, meaning and power. These parallel reflections both start from questioning what anthropology is, and has been, and interrogating its canon and the project of decolonizing anthropology. The course is designed to provide students with knowledge of different traditions in anthropology as well as with a critical perspective on the creative process of theory-building.