— Psychological Anthropology

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: History of the relationship between anthropology and psychoanalysis. Exploration of anthropology of emotions, colonial psychology, contemporary ethno-psychiatry, studies on personhood, possession, magic, altered states, subjectivity, and definitions of the normal and the pathological in different contexts and cultures. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Extensive Writing/Discussion 1 hour(s). Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE). Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Extensive Writing/Discussion 1 hour(s). Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE).