Anthropology of Ethnicity and Nationalism 1 3600-ZIE-AEN1-OG

1. Introduction. Anthropology of ethnicity and other fields of studies on nationality and ethnicity (sociology, history, cultural studies).
2. Ethnological and anthropological approaches to ethnicity and nationalism.
3. Studies on nation and nationalism. Modernism. Primordialism. Neo-perenialism. Ethno-symbolism.
4. Ethnological descriptions of the ‘Other’ in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Philo-Orientalism. The myth of noble savage.
5. Forerunners of modern ethnology and cultural anthropology: Giambattista Vico, Joseph François Lafitau.
6. 19th century forerunners of studies on nation and nationalism. Heinrich von Treitschke, Freidrich Meineke, John Dalberg Acton, John Stuart Mill, Jules Michelet, Ernest Renan.
7. 19th century folklore studies. James Macpherson. Count Alexei Musin-Pushkin. Grimm brothers.
8. 19th century folklore studies in Poland: Oskar Kolberg.
9. National identity issue in Polish sociology and ethnology: Florian Znaniecki, Jan Stanisław Bystroń, Józef Obrębski.
10. Identity based concept of ethnic group: Frederik Barth and Józef Obrębski.
11. From stereotype to symbol. Z. Benedyktowicz and phenomenological approach towards the ‘other’.
12. Marx, Marxism and nationalism.
13. The Soviet Union’s approach towards the nations and nationalisms. Theory and practice. "Soviet nation".
14. Imperial heritage and Soviet nationalities issue in terms of Roman Szporluk.
15. Soviet ethnology: from Marxism to the theory of Lev Gumilev.

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Classes are intended for students of humanities such as ethnology or cultural studies, as well as all other university students. In addition to the basic ability to analyze texts in the field of humanities, participants do not need to have any special competences.

Course coordinators

Konrad Zasztowt

Learning outcomes

K_W02 has organized general knowledge (including terminology, theory and methodology) in the scope of cultural studies
K_W05 has detailed and organized knowledge of anthropological literature and studies on nationalism; can name and characterize most important phenomena/trends/literary texts/writings.
K_W10 can name and characterize basic cultural phenomena studied by anthropology of ethnicity and nationalism.
K_U03 can use the basic terminology from the domain of ethnology, anthropology of ethnicity and anthropology of nationalism.
K_U04 can use anthropology of ethnicity to analyze and interpret events taking place in the modern world.

Assessment criteria

- Written exam.
- Attendance control.

Bibliography

G. Cochiara, Dzieje folklorystyki w Europie, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warszawa 1971, J. Obrębski, Dzisiejsi ludzie Polesia i inne eseje, Wyd. IFiS PAN, Warszawa 2005, Z. Benedyktowicz, Portrety „obcego”. Od stereotypu do symbolu, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2000, P. Lawrence, Nacjonalizm. Historia i teoria, Książka i Wiedza, Warszawa 2007, E. Hobsbawm, T. Ranger, Tradycja wynaleziona: rozważania o źródłach i rozprzestrzenianiu się nacjonalizmu, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2008, B. Anderson, Wspólnoty wyobrażone, wyd. Znak, Kraków 1997, R. Benedict, Wzory kultury, Warszawskie Wydawnictwo Literackie, Warszawa 2011, E. Gellner, Narody i Nacjonalizm, Difin, Warszawa 2009, A. D. Smith, Etniczne źródła narodów, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2009, A. Kłoskowska, Kultury narodowe u korzeni, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2005, R. Paradowski, Euroazjatyckie imperium Rosji. Studium idei, Warszawa 2003, R. Szporluk, Imperium, komunizm i narody. Wybór esejów, Wyd. Arcana, Kraków 2003, W. Zajączkowski, Rosja i narody. Ósmy kontynent. Szkic dziejów Eurazji, Warszawa 2009, H. Münkler, Mity Niemców, Sic!, 2013, U. Altermatt, Sarajewo przestrzega. Etnonacjonalizm w Europie, Wyd. Znak, Kraków 1998, I. Colovic, Polityka symboli. Eseje o antropologii politycznej, Universitas, Kraków 2001, S. Zapaśnik, „Walczący islam” w Azji centralnej. Problem społecznej genezy zjawiska, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław 2009.

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